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.

About E+ES

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. Caterpillar’s Electrification + Energy Solutions (E+ES) division focuses on delivering advanced electrified power train, zero-emissions products/technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, micro grid controllers, charging, energy storage systems, lifecycle solutions/services and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries. We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. We need self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.

The Opportunity

As the Senior Engineering Project Ream Leader, you will gather and document critical customer requirements and influence the system architecture for the product lines being developed for electrification. You will have the unique opportunity to work across multiple divisions to help position Caterpillar’s emerging electrification strategy by helping define the architecture and interface requirements between the various systems resulting in offerings that will help our customers win.

This position requires excellent human relations, interpersonal, and communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive issues, persuade others on new technologies, new applications, or potential solutions.

What you will do:

· Lead architecture design and implementation of key electric power train projects for targeted markets in Defense and Military, Marine, Industrial, Electric Power, and Oil and Gas applications.

· Develop and communicate market segment application requirements to the product development teams (power conversion products, batteries, inverters, motors, etc.).

· Develop product, internal and external requirements management, and cost-value management.

· Utilize knowledge and understanding of multiple engineering teams, technologies, components, systems, products, and processes

· Collaborate with a variety of internal customers (including manufacturing managers, product managers and new product introduction (NPI) managers) to make high level decisions impacting one or more products, processes, or facilities.

· Utilize Lean Startup discipline to rapidly explore identification and development of sustainable products for electrification.

What you have:

Products and Services:

Level Extensive Experience:

· Experience with power electronics or electric machine design; electric drive systems design, modeling and/or simulation

· Experience with electrification systems and components such as batteries, chargers, motor, inverters and energy storage systems.

· Advises colleagues on implementation and operational considerations.

Product Design and Development:

Level Expert:

· Previous experience leading product development and implementing new production methods for electrification and/or power electronics.

· Advocates the development of new technologies and tools for product design and development.

· Leads cross-functional teams assembled for the purpose of product design and development.

Influencing Through Expertise:

Level Extensive Experience:

· Communicates complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner so that others can understand.

· . Ability to work alongside commercial and engineering teams, with strong communication, collaboration, negotiation & persuasion.

· Exhibits depth and breadth of knowledge in electrification and/or power electronics

Requirements Analysis:

Level Extensive Experience:

· Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.

· Ensures the successful completion of all major activities, tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirement analysis stage.

· Supervises the advanced use of requirements analysis tools and services, including prototyping and use cases.

Project Management:

Level Expert:

· Manages multiple high-risk, high-cost projects involving multiple stakeholders.

· Coaches others in open communication among project stakeholders.

· Consults on project planning and management of high-risk, high-impact projects.

Degree: Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or related field)

Additional information:

· This position may require up to 30% travel

· This position is located in Mossville, IL or Lafayette, IN

· This position does not offer sponsorship

· Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Employee benefit details

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 a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

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.

Posting Dates:

September 6, 2024 - September 20, 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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