Associate Design Engineer

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

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Role Definition
As an Associate Design Engineer, you will be responsible for assisting in mechanical and hydro investigations and design activities for turbomachinery products. This role involves supporting engineering teams in analysing Shop, Field Issues and failures, developing design improvements, and preparing technical documentation for Solar Turbine Packaging systems. Designing packaging systems and equipment layouts.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and development of turbomachinery components.
• Assist in creating and updating 3D models and 2D drawings using CAD tools (e.g., Creo).
• Collaborate with design engineers to implement changes based on investigation findings
• Participate in root cause analysis of Shop, Field Issues/failures and performance issues.
• Provide design input for corrective actions and product improvements.
• Prepare and maintain engineering documentation including design reports, investigation summaries.
• Independently investigate mechanical, hydro, shop, and field issues related to Solar Turbine products packaging systems.
• Present and review your work in design review meetings to ensure alignment with engineering objectives.
• Clearly communicate technical information related to your area of expertise.
• Apply standard engineering principles, concepts, and techniques in mechanical design and drafting/CAD.
• Interpret engineering drawings and apply analytical/scientific methods.
• Utilize engineering analysis techniques effectively.
• Demonstrate familiarity with gas turbine manufacturing processes, quality standards, design methodologies, and analysis practices.
• Knowledge on Gas Turbines and Packaging systems & components are added advantages.
• Coordinate with several functional team to progress the design intent (Hydro/Electrical/HMI Groups)
• Strong knowledge on material properties and their performance considering offshore & Onshore loading conditions
• Excellent in modelling techniques using Creo parametric / Autodesk
• Good exposure to the use of Product Lifecycle Management tool – Windchill
• Good Exposure on ASME/API/ISO/ANSI & DIN

In addition, the candidate should demonstrate knowledge of discipline-related industry standards, including ASME B31.3. Comprehensive knowledge with Creo applications and strong knowledge of design and drafting techniques to include fabrication drawings. Experience with Solar Turbines strongly preferred.

Degree Requirement
A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent from an accredited college or university or equivalent relevant experience. Minimum 2-5 years of Turbomachinery Packaging Systems Mechanical Design Good communication, organizational, teaming and analytical skills are a must. Working knowledge of computer aided design & drafting CADD system (Creo) Knowledge of gas turbine operations, and driven equipment Field experience, knowledge on Windchill, BOP & Promis-e would be an added advantage.

Skill Descriptors
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Names specific tools or techniques that can be used to support the analytical thinking process.
• Describes specific software applications or products used for business analytics.
• Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been used to resolve problems.
• Helps others research and learn more about business analytics tools and applications.

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.
• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

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 Basic Understanding:
• Explains basic concepts of time and priority management.
• Seeks guidance in detecting and addressing priority conflicts.
• States own business priorities.
• Describes team or unit priorities.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Uses a structured approach in analyzing and resolving technical problems.
• Seeks opportunities for continual learning to maintain technical competence in pursuit of technical excellence.
• Provides examples or case studies demonstrating technical excellence in actual business scenarios.
• Pursues, prepares for and assumes new technical assignments and challenges.

Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Generates specifications for parts or components with CAD software.
• Reuses design components via reusable libraries following standard procedures.
• Uses CAD to perform basic drafting such as wire frames, solid objects and array of objects.
• Performs routine changes to computerized schematics or drawings.
• Creates views of objects in 2 and 3 dimensions; creates perspective drawings and orthogonal views.

Product Design - MFG: Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Explains the major components and deliverables of functional and technical designs.
• Describes tasks, activities and key concerns during the functional and technical design phase.
• Cites examples of good and bad designs derived from previous projects.
• Clarifies standard design methods, tools and guiding principles.

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.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Summarizes the overall process for developing a new product or service for the organization.
• Identifies the organizational business units that have input into the development process.
• Collects information on current and prior design and development successes and failures in the organization.
• Describes the basic tools used for design and development.

Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates:

September 22, 2025 - October 5, 2025

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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