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.

Role Definition

Caterpillar’s Integrated Drivetrain Division (IDT) designs, validates, manufactures, and supports mechanical and electric drivetrain components and systems used across the full Caterpillar product line.  This position is for an Embedded Product Analyst – Senior Engineering Specialist who will take ownership of the Drivetrain Collaboration Council (DCC) (40%), cover various Integrated Drivetrain product and business analytics (40%), and provide stewardship of high value technical information powertrain design tools, assist in the review of invention notification forms and competitive patents, and assist in Senior Technology Leadership Forum (STLF) and other project management (20%). 

Analytics is becoming increasingly valuable in the execution of NPI and CPI, the management of our factories and supply base, the support of our products in the field, and in the execution of data-based decision making.  We are looking for someone interested in and willing to learn to manipulate and extract value from relational databases to maintain or increase our throughput of new analytics tools.  The DCC is a critical business process used to assess and drive organizational consensus on NPI and CPI project readiness, the analyst will manage and execute the process and be a member of the subject matter expert team.  Additionally, the position will lead various special projects to deploy new resources, enact organizational change, or engage internal or external resources to improve Integrated Drivetrain business, with a portfolio that will vary over time.

Responsibilities

Assume responsibility for the Drivetrain Collaboration Council (DCC), a foundational design oversight team providing support for NTI, NPI, and CPI programs.  Manage the schedule, lead the meetings, and collect feedback from participants; participate in the meeting as a technical subject matter expert.

Support multiple NPI and CPI teams as a technical subject matter expert on torque converter, transmission, or axle systems and components.  The SME support portfolio will be balanced among the engineering team based on expertise and availability and will vary over time.

Become a subject matter expert on Caterpillar powertrain data analytics.  Provide analytics to aid in the NTI, NPI, CPI, Operations, maintenance, and business activities of IDT, including Aftermarket Growth support. 

Learn the existing data structures used in or parallel to Caterpillar Integrated Drivetrain, maintain and/or execute new tools using new or existing data, champion projects to develop new analyses, new tools, and/or new data streams including condition monitoring. 

Ideate and champion transformative analytics projects with broad business impact, mentor teams on the use of tools and analytic data.

Assume responsibility for key design related IP processes, including the management of design processes stored in the High Value Vault, the review process for invention notification forms and the review of related competitive patents. 

Coordinate portfolio management for the IDT entries for STLF, Chairman’s Award, and other business processes.  This aspect of the role will aid in providing the extended IDT organization with knowledge continuity of key process tools.

Degree Requirement

Bachelor’s degree in an accredited engineering curriculum.

Skills you must have

Domain Knowledge: Level Extensive Experience

Knowledge of a specific domain, its current trends, directions, and regulatory considerations; ability to apply domain-specific knowledge to relevant situations.

Technical Analysis: Level Extensive Experience

Knowledge of the concepts, methodologies, and activities in technical analysis; ability to forecast the direction of technical landscape using technical indicators and take collective actions.

Analytical Thinking: Level Extensive Experience

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.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Level Extensive Experience

Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Effective Communications: Level Extensive Experience

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

Technical Excellence: Level Extensive Experience

Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Software Development: Level Extensive Experience

Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.

Requirements Analysis: Level Extensive Experience

Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

Top Candidates will also have

Product experience in upper and lower powertrain across multiple product families and multiple component areas, with increasing levels of responsibility.  Extensive participation across all phases of multiple NTI, NPI, and/or CPI projects.

Demonstrated success in solving complex upper and lower powertrain problems, the application of design, simulation, and validation tools and processes.

A demonstrated ability to generate the value story for analytic and condition monitoring tools including identifying the opportunity for tools and then enacting and using the analytic or condition monitoring measurements and tools to solve critical problems or business issues.

Experience in the development and deployment of analytic tools, including identifying and integrating data sources, recognizing and concepting needed tools, developing meaningful views, and driving adoption of the tools.  Business intelligence tool experience (Tableau or PowerBI) and coding experience will benefit the candidate (Python, SQL, C++, FORTRAN, etc.). 

Experience with IP management and assessment.  Experience with or a willingness to learn the basics of HDPS and CVT design synthesis to enable knowledge management.  Experience with managing projects and budget with broad performing teams. 

Additional Information

This position will close 11/20/2024 at 11:59 pm.

The location for this position is East Peoria, IL (Building KK).

Relocation (domestic) assistance is available for this position.

Sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position may require less than 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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Relocation is available for this position.

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Posting Dates:

November 6, 2024 - November 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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