Design Engineer

7 days ago

Tucson, United States Caterpillar Full time
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

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.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a motivated innovative engineer to help drive new technology advancement at Caterpillar. Caterpillar's focus on industry leadership in electrification, autonomy, and automation creates continuing new career opportunities within our team. Specifically, we have an opening for a Design Engineer in our product development excellence organization (Team@Excellence) to lead Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) with our product development teams.

What You Will Do:

•Lead and deliver key elements of APQP: including, but not limited to: Requirements Management, Boundary Diagram, Interface Analysis,

Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), Design Verification Plans & Report (DVP&R),

Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), and Process Control Plan. Similar experience with related processes, such as IPDS,

can substitute.

•Work with design teams to develop product architecture definition through boundary diagrams

•Develop and deliver level-appropriate requirements with linkage to levels above and below in product hierarchy

•Deliver a comprehensive list of recommended design and process actions, special process controls, and validation activities to mitigate high-

risk areas.

•Contribute to the concept, development, and design of complex components, subsystems, or processes.

•Perform complex analysis work to identify design/process risk and develop mitigation plans.

•Work directly with different organizations within Caterpillar, suppliers, customers, and/or other teams. This requires the ability to communicate

technical information in a concise and accurate manner.

Success factors include demonstrating excellent analytical skills and a mastery of engineering concepts. Engineers must manage their professional development by continuously learning through experiences and staying abreast of new technologies. Key skills to be developed at this level are failure prediction and management, technology time/cost analysis, spatial design, conceptual design, practical application of theory, knowledge of the New Product Introduction (NPI) process, and communication skills.

Education Requirement:

•Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.

What Skills You Will Have:

Effective Communications:
•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.

Analytical Thinking:
•Seeks 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 analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

Managing Multiple Priorities:
•Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.
•Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals.
•Completes current work according to assigned priorities.
•Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.
•Performs at least 2-3 concurrent activities without reducing productivity.

Technical Excellence:
•Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
•Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
•Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
•Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
•Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
•Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Additional Information

The primary location for this position is Tucson, AZ with an additional location in Mossville, IL.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position will require less than 10% travel.

What You Will Get:

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 wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:
  • Competitive Base Salary
  • Annual incentive bonus plan*
  • 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)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

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.

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.

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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Posting Dates:
August 30, 2024 - September 6, 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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