ePowertrain Senior Technologist, Validation (Electrification)
Caterpillar
Job Info
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
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.
Goal: Our purpose is to ensure that CAT products meet our end user's quality expectations by promoting validation earlier in the product development cycle. We do this by leveraging our people's application & validation knowledge, world-class evaluation methods, innovation, and best practices across the enterprise. The results of this individual's work will be test benches, labs, or other test rigs capable of executing the tests necessary to validate critical ePowertrain risks as well as a clear understanding of the maturity of the electric powertrain (ePowertrain) system being tested and the results of each test thoroughly documented.
An Electric Powertrain (ePowertrain) includes a power source (ex. Battery, engine, and/or fuel cell), power electronics, and electric drivetrain components combined via controls into an electric powertrain system. As a Sr. Engineering Technologist in the ePowertrain Systems team, you will be joining an innovative team on the cutting edge of electrification. The ePowertrain Systems team is part of the Electrification & Energy Solutions Division and is a full electric powertrain solution partner for prime product groups whose products are sold into the Construction industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation industry segments.
This role will be responsible for supporting test execution across multiple ePowertrain NPI programs. This role will help coordinate test requests across the L5 ePowertrain validation engineers as well as our key component and sub-system technical partners. This role will then create test plans, utilizing the input collected from the L5 ePowertrain and L3 and L4 component and sub-system technical partners. When needed, this role may also be responsible for the build and/or commissioning of a new test rig.
The Sr. Engineering Technologist role may include the following:
- Accountable for the SAFETY of themselves and others in or around their work area.
- Coordination and oversight of test rig builds within Caterpillar facilities or at local facilities outside of Caterpillar. In situations when we are working with suppliers outside of Caterpillar, this person will be the liaison between Caterpillar and that supplier as it relates to the specific testing that we are requesting.
- Performing tests targeted at verifying the performance, durability, safety, and/or communication and controls of the ePowertrain system for a given application.
- Working with Caterpillar test execution facilities to ensure that tests requirements are defined and communicated and ensure that those facilities are meeting those requirements.
- Identify test facility needs, request necessary hardware and/or data acquisition. Make capital requests and manage those requests as needed to support the test facility.
What you have:
Degree Requirement: Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in related discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, or other relevant area)
Technical Excellence: Previous product development experience (design, validation/test, or analysis). Demonstrated understanding of mechanical & electrical systems
Level Extensive Experience:
• Experience with electric drive systems or components preferred
• Experience with lab component or machine test/validation
• Experience with NPI Issue resolution process
• Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
• Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
• Productively balances speed and accuracy.
• Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
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 Extensive Experience:
• Seeks to understand discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
• Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
• 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.
• Chooses among a diverse set of solution options according to the nature of the situation.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Ability to differentiate and verify facts from assumptions and/or common perception.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
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 Extensive Experience:
•Understands that communication has not happened until at least two parties have participated in it (the individual who transmitted the communication receives verification from the recipient of that communication that it was received.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.
Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
• Plans, estimates, organizes and monitors significant projects.
• Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
• Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Coordinates execution of test plans, including resources, strategy, schedules, processes and tools.
• Recommends techniques for automating, simplifying and enhancing product testing.
• Compares and contrasts alternative testing methodologies and tools.
• Matches testing methodology and tools to product being tested; develops test scenarios
• Estimates time, effort and resources required for successfully achieving high quality test results.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.
• Resolves difficult equipment and systems problems.
• Monitors test/lab performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.
• Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.
Additional Information
- The location for this position is Mossville, IL
- Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position
- This position may require 10% travel
- Visa sponsorship is not available
November 21, 2024 - December 4, 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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