Electrical Engineering Specialist - Battery NTI (Electrification) at Caterpillar in Chillicothe, Illinois

Job Description:

Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:

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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.

Job Purpose:

This Electrical Engineering Specialist - Battery NTI role is within the growing battery component and system NTI team in Electrification and Energy Solutions (E+ES). The selected candidate will be responsible for developing the battery system electrical architecture, electrical components, and electrical integration for a wide range of Caterpillar products. The selected candidate will also function as an electrical team leader to ensure design activities and priorities are aligned to deliver on the team's commitments as a whole.



Job Duties:

A significant portion of the work on the Battery NTI team is very early concept creation and evaluation. Therefore, the selected candidate will need to be an agile demonstrated self-starter with an inquisitive nature and a willingness to utilize a broad set of skills. Job duties will include:

• Develop high-quality electronic/electrical components for battery modules and systems that meet complex requirements with high quality and cost-effective designs.
• Partner with a wide variety of suppliers to facilitate concept evaluation in a pre-production environment.
• Troubleshoot electronic/electrical components in battery modules and systems when issues arise
• Develop product requirements, analysis and simulation, electronic component selection, schematic/layout development, and component verification and validation.
• Collaborate effectively with a variety of teams to understand the application requirements and performance needs
• Expected to provide technical leadership and training as well as mentorship to new and less experienced staff members.
• Keep up with industry trends and new technology breakthroughs via continuous learning through self/internet study.

What you have:

Degree Requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably Electrical

Technical Excellence: Experience in electronic component selection and integration is essential. Experience in battery systems, battery management systems hardware, or drivetrain systems for a range of electrified architectures is desired.
Level Extensive Experience:
• 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.



Analytical Thinking: Excellent analytical skills and understanding of complex engineering concepts and applications. Demonstrated ability to analyze independently is desired.

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.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Effective Communications: Ability to communicate technical information effectively with team members and others in the work group, as well in other units, customers, and suppliers
Level Extensive Experience:
• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
• Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.
• Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
• Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
• Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
• Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.

Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Experience with flexible and/or rigid printed circuit board schematic and layout design, ideally Altium Designer
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 Development Life Cycle: Experience throughout the design and development process of new concept electrical or electronic components is desired. Experience with software controls design or development is also beneficial.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Presents coordinated marketing and product development plans.
• Advises others on using industry trends in a road map for product development.
• Consults on similarities and differences of life cycle for development vs. enhancement activities.
• Coaches on how to use multiple, vendor-provided or in-house structured methodologies.
• Manages a significant piece of a successful product roadmap.
• Oversees all phases, activities and deliverables of the product development methodology.

Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Coordinates execution of test plans, including resources, strategy, schedules, processes and tools.
• Collaborates with design team to ensure testing considerations are incorporated into system design.
• Recommends tools and techniques for automating, simplifying and enhancing product testing.
• Compares and contrasts alternative testing methodologies and tools.
• Matches testing methodology and tools to product being tested; develops test scenarios and scripts.
• Estimates time, effort and resources required for thorough testing.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.
• Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.
• Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.
• Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.
• Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.
• Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.

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Additional Information:

• This position is located in Mossville, IL
  
• 10% travel likely.
  
• Domestic relocation is available
  
• Sponsorship is not available
  

Summary Pay Range:
$123,480.00 - $185,280.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

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)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .
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 23, 2024 - January 6, 2025
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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