Design Engineer 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.

The Tracked Products Engineering Heavy Structures team is currently seeking a Design Engineer for Electric Rope shovels and Draglines. In this position, you will be responsible for the design and analysis of the components along with strong manufacturing and supplier collaboration. Projects will include New Product Introduction (NPI), New Supplier Introduction (NSI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and product maintenance.

What you will do:

This position will focus first and foremost on product and process quality with a zero-defect mindset while also trying to hit the program timeline and cost goals. The Design Engineer will need strong communication skills and great interpersonal skills to interact with other engineering teams, the platform team, purchasing teams, and manufacturing teams. Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Create design concepts and drawings of complex structural systems that meet functional and technical requirements, cost and weight goals, quality initiatives, and manufacturing process requirements.
  
• Perform fatigue analysis on the concept using Creo Simulate
  
• Support validation activities such as test and field trials.
  
• Support and lead APQP activities.
  
• Collaborate with external suppliers and internal manufacturing facilities, engineering partners, and the core Product Group
  

What skills you will have:

Technical Excellence:

• Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods.
  
• Ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
  Provide effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
  
• Effectively perform the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up to date on technical and procedural job components.
  
• Apply technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
  
• Apply current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.
  
• Help others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.
  

Product Design - MFG:

• Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design.
  
• Ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.
  
• Monitor processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.
  
• Evaluate 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:

• Knowledge of product features.
  
• Ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
  
• Test and evaluate alternative means of production being considered for use.
  
• Use automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.
  
• Assist in building a complex prototype of product.
  

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.
  
  

Education requirements: Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering curriculum with 3-5 years of progressive engineering experience OR a master's degree in an accredited Engineering / Technical curriculum.

The Top Candidates will also have:

• Electric Rope Shovel and Dragline product knowledge.
  
• Experience with Caterpillar Engineering Systems (Teamcenter, HVC, EDS, etc.).
  
• Previous experience in either NPI or CPI programs.
  
• Personal experience in executing APQP.
  

Additional Information:

This position will be located in Tucson, AZ.
Relocation assistance is available for this position.
This position may require up to 10% travel.

Sponsorship is not available

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.

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Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.
Posting Dates:
December 2, 2024 - December 15, 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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