• Job Description

  Req#: R0000236890

  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.

  Important Position Information:

  • To be considered for this role, please apply by 1/7/2024 at 11:59pm.
  • Domestic relocation is available for this position.
  • This is an on-site position in Pontiac, IL.
  • Up to 10% travel (minimal) required for this position.

  Role Definition

  Caterpillar’s Large Power Systems Division has an opening as a Senior Associate Engineer in the Fuel Systems alternative fuels injector team. In this role located in Pontiac IL, you would join a core team of engineers developing and supporting new advanced high-pressure diesel/methanol fuel systems technology for Caterpillar large engines. The position offers a breadth of product development experiences: concept design, hands on testing, NTI/NPI program leadership, structural/hydraulic/electrical analysis, supplier collaboration, design validation, manufacturing improvements, assembly planning, and mechatronics control strategy development.

  Responsibilities

  • Develop and evaluate concepts for design and performance improvements
  • Lead and support New Technology Introduction (NTI), New Product Introduction (NPI) and Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) programs
  • Collaborate and communicate with internal and external customers, suppliers, team members, & manufacturing facilities
  • Review and approve process change requests and PPAP’s
  • Conduct bench endurance testing for validation of new designs and component improvements
  • Conduct product maintenance support including drawing releases

  Degree & Experience Requirement

  • Bachelor’s degree in accredited Engineering field and 1+ years of experience OR
  • Master’s degree in accredited Engineering field

  What skills you must have to be successful in this role:

  Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

  Level Working Knowledge:

  • Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
  • Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
  • Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
  • Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
  • Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

  Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

  Level Working Knowledge:

  • Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
  • Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
  • Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
  • Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
  • Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

  Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.

  Level Working Knowledge:

  • Documents common hardware, software and communications problems and likely resolutions.
  • Troubleshoots typical technical problems in a specific area.
  • Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities to discover application problems.
  • Adheres to standard troubleshooting procedures to ensure effectiveness of resolutions.
  • Participates in setting evaluation standards and criterion for troubleshooting.

  What you will get:

  • 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)

  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.

  Relocation is available for this position.

  Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.

  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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• About the company

  Since 1925, Caterpillar Inc. has been helping our customers build a better world – making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. With 2020 sales and revenues of $41.7 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

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