Power Conversion Engineer (Hybrid Flexible) at Caterpillar in Tucson, Arizona

Job Description:

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.

About E+ES

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 99-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

Caterpillar's Electrification & Energy Solutions (E+ES) Division will focus on delivering advanced electrified power train, zero-emissions products/technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, micro grid controllers, charging, energy storage systems, lifecycle solutions/services and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries.

We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products, and services to help our customers build a better-more sustainable-world. We need self-motivated, intelligent, and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.



Job Summary :

The Electrification and Energy Solution (E+ES) is looking for an experienced engineer to support the development of Caterpillar Advanced Power conversion systems. In this role, you will serve as an experienced individual contributor on complex and exciting advanced power products including megawatt class off-board fast DC chargers and Bidirectional Power Converters for energy storage system. This person will be responsible for the electrical design and performance of the above power conversion systems from development through production. This role will also collaborate with cooling, manufacturing, reliability team along with purchasing and validation teams.

What You Will Do:


Determining detailed functional requirements for power conversion systems (inverters, converters, and chargers), reviewing the technical documentation to determine compliance with requirements and evaluate technical characteristics

• Design and release power conversion components and systems for Caterpillar power conversion products
  
• Provide engineering support for product field issues, work with field engineers for rapid solutions to problems as they arise.
  
• Collect and provide the required documentation for internal stakeholders to allow for standardized deployment of power conversion systems (inverters, converters, and chargers)
  
• Collaborate with supporting teams to develop an FMEA based validation plan.
  
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to optimize the product design for production.
  
• Collaborate with suppliers to develop and/or purchase components for use within the power conversion product line.
  

What you will have:
Degree Requirement

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field from an accredited curriculum
  
• Experience with design and development of power electronics or power conversion systems
  

Analytical Thinking - Level Extensive Experience:

• 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.
  

Effective Communications - Level Working Knowledge:

• Oral and written complemented by the ability to develop/deliver technical presentations.
  
• 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.
  

Managing Multiple Priorities - Level Working Knowledge:

• 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 - 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.
  
• Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies, and services.
  
• Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.
  
• Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.
  

Computer-Aided Design & Engineering - Level Extensive Experience:

• Coaches others on orthographic, isometric, and axonometric projections.
  
• Presents complex products and systems graphically.
  
• Performs manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers.
  
• Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space.
  
• Consults on benefits and drawbacks of top-down design vs. bottom-up design.
  
• Compares and contrasts uses of bird's-eye views and worm's-eye views.
  

Product Design - MFG - Level Extensive Experience:

• Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality.
  
• Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.
  
• Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.
  
• Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.
  
• Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.
  
• Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.
  

Product Design and Development - Level Working Knowledge:

• Builds three-dimensional models with basic materials.
  
• Communicates with professionals to understand various requirements of product design.
  
• Tests and evaluates alternative means of production being considered for use.
  
• Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.
  
• Assists in building a complex prototype of product.
  

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Master's degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering or related field from an accredited
  
• curriculum
  
• Experience with new product introduction and FMEA based product development.
  
• Experience working with suppliers and purchasing to introduce a new product to market.
  
• Experience with Megawatt Charging System (MCS) design and validation .
  

Additional Information

• This position may sit from Tucson, AZ, or Mossville, IL in a hybrid flexible role (3 days in office, 2 days work from home).
  
• Up to 10% travel will be needed.
  
• Relocation assistance IS offered for this position.
  
• VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position.
  

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Posting Dates:
November 4, 2024 - November 7, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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