Senior Design Engineer
Caterpillar

Job Info

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Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don't just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

Sustainment Engineering requires investigations and analyses in multiple technical areas like Engineering and Logistics to ensure a continued supply and maintenance of parts and systems with managed risk. The Sustainment Engineer is responsible for planning and development-cycle of creative and cost-effective life-extension solutions to assure continued Caterpillar Product functionality. The life-extension solution could involve designing out end-of-life or obsolete piece parts, redesigning components, completing a supplier transfer, or defining a component repair option. This role is responsible for designing, developing, or updating components and systems to maintain Product functionality.

What You Will Do:

• Creating and executing the building, testing, and analysis of new components or systems to replace legacy parts.
• Assisting supply specialists and buyers with supplier development and supplier performance.
• Developing and documenting functional requirements and translating into detail design documents.
• Participating in and supporting proposal preparation, cost estimates, and technical reports.
• Understand Electrical component design and functionality in systems.
• Manage component sustainment by understanding production requirements and removal dates, service requirements, and component supply risk.
• Develop component or family long term sustainment plans by understanding the current and future obsolescence issues and any required change validation.
• Utilize Caterpillar and supplier information to monitor and resolve quality or reliability issues.
• Lead NPI Project teams or Obsolescence or Quality issue resolution teams.
• Understand Product structure and required Engineering Data System maintenance and print change activities.

Education Requirement:

• Requires a degree in an accredited Mechanical or Electrical Engineering field.

What Skills You Will Have:

Analytical Thinking:
• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
• Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
• Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

Effective Communications:
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.

Managing Multiple Priorities:
• Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
• Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.

Additional Information

The location for this position is Mossville, IL

Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

This position will require less than 10% travel.

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application - please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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Posting Dates:
May 10, 2024 - May 22, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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