Automation Engineering Specialist

Job Description:

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Job Summary:

Caterpillar’s Integrated Components and Solutions Division is currently seeking a Mining Technology Product Engineering Specialist.

As an Engineering Specialist, you will be part of a technology product development team and will be accountable for the development of system performance requirements and performance evaluation as well as providing project leadership. In this role, you will be focused on the development and performance of the Command for Hauling autonomous haulage solution.

The purpose of this role is to provide technical support to senior team members responsible for system performance and/or product development. This role will support various technology workstreams that are part of the Command for Hauling product portfolio including the inclusion of technology to support battery electric machines, new sensing technologies, new positioning technologies, and others. This role will develop use cases and requirements for system operation and performance across varying applications. That includes ensuring requirements are complete and clear and represent the needs of the end-user.

The role will then participate in guiding the design concepting, design reviews, reviewing and approving requirements trade-offs, ensuring appropriate design techniques and simulations are applied, overseeing product validation and qualification, and supporting continuous product improvement. In this role, the incumbent will may be required to provide detailed communications and participate in interactions with customers and regulatory bodies thus the incumbent must have good communication and organizational skills. You will have the opportunity to gain a detailed understanding of the customer’s business and application needs. We have a fabulous team that does some of the most exciting work at Caterpillar, and we can’t wait for you to join the team

What you will do:

Analyzing Data to support Performance improvements.

Investigating Product Problems.

Leading Product Improvement projects.

Performing simulations and guiding others in the simulation of product performance and capability.

Developing use cases from exposure to customer processes and applications.

Developing requirements for new applications and tracking delivery on requirements.

Utilizing Data Analytics for product improvement and development.

Investigating new technologies.

Communicating globally with customers, suppliers, team members, and other business units.

Providing guidance and oversite for product analysis and validation.

Documenting Product Performance capability.

Degree Requirement :
Degree required

What Skills you will have:

Communicating Complex Concepts : Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Uses comparisons to familiar ideas when introducing a technical or novel feature.
• Separates fundamental concepts from supporting details in explaining a product or service.
• Emphasizes the most important facts or features of a product or service.

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 Working Knowledge:
• 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.

Managing Multiple Priorities : Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.
• 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 : Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
• Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.

Strategic Thinking : Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Raises awareness of potential strategic alliances and partnerships.
• Explains elements of the strategy to others and encourages questions.
• Makes sound recommendations when faced with complex and contradictory alternatives.

Influencing Through Expertise : Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Acquires expertise through training and practical experience in the relevant field.
• Analyzes the needs, desires, and motivations of the other party to effectively understand a given scenario.
• Provides evidentiary support while giving opinions or recommendations to influence decision-making.
• Conducts tasks in such a way as to build a strong reputation and credibility as an expert in the field.

Software Product Design/Architecture : Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Demonstrates experience with the architecture and design of major or multiple products.
• Describes major software architecture alternatives and considerations.
• Facilitates design reviews and walkthroughs.
• Analyzes benefits and drawbacks of specific software designs and architecture.

Artificial Intelligence : Knowledge of the concepts, technologies and methodologies of artificial intelligence (AI); ability to develop, implement and/or apply artificial intelligence products and services in specific industry domain to achieve business goals.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Performs basic tasks within a specific artificial intelligence area, such as self-driving cars, medical diagnosis, playing games, financial fraud detection, etc.
• Assists in business requirements analysis in the AI solution design or deployment process.
• Tests and troubleshoots the functionality of AI applications and systems within a specific area.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

Proven team leadership experience.

Experience executing projects requiring in-depth technical analysis or applying analytical processes to solution development.

Demonstrated problem-solving capability.

Demonstrated record of self-directed work.

NPI process/leadership experience.

Autonomy / Automation development experience.

Field or Proving Grounds Experience testing/using/implementing Command for Hauling.