CAREER AREA:

Engineering

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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.

Description

Caterpillar’s Integrated Drivetrain Division (IDT) designs and manufactures mechanical and electric drivetrain components and systems used across the full Cat machine product line.  As a Drivetrain Engineering Specialist – Design / Project Team Lead, you will have design responsibility for a family of Drivetrain parts and subsystems.  You will lead the technical team in planning and execution of NPI, CPI, and production maintenance projects.  You will lead the team to identify areas of risk and develop and managed a validation plan to mitigate.  You will identify analysis and physical test activities and adapt the technical plan as needed.  You will communicate results to the extended teams as appropriate.  You will grow into a Drivetrain design expert and identify and lead process improvements.

Job Duties

Drivetrain design responsibility for a family of products (Mechanical and Electric Drive).

Lead technical team to complete Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) and New Product Introduction (NPI) projects

Prioritize and complete detailed design activities.

Collaborate with analysis and development teams to validate designs.

Support creation and execution of technical plans to meet project deliverables.

Collaborate with suppliers and purchasing for component development.

Perform product maintenance including factory support.

Develop & maintain R&D budget working with design team, process partners and Machine Teams. 

Communicate and present results to customers, suppliers, team members, and internal clients.

Develop skills of design team including global design support teams, thru coaching, and technical mentoring.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering curriculum

Minimum of 7 years of experience in related field

Top Candidates will also have

Previous role a hardware design engineer

Powertrain design, development, or product support experience

Understanding of Drivetrain performance and oil system function

Experience with Electric Drivetrain components and systems

Experience in sleeve and roller bearing selection criteria

NPI and CPI experience

FMEA based validation process experience

Demonstrated ability to use combination of analysis and test to solve problems

Interested in becoming a Drivetrain design Subject Matter Expert

Identifying process or technical knowledge gaps and initiating actions to address them

Proficient in Creo modeling

Effectively works in a team environment, with leadership capability

Strong analytical, organizational, and communications skills

Consistently demonstrates strong initiative

Additional Information

The location for this position is Mossville, IL, East Peoria, IL, or Aurora, IL. 

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position may require 10% travel

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).

Final details

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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 .

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