Associate Engineer

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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.

Role Definition

As a Design Engineer, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of innovative global attachments within a collaborative team environment. This role enables you to strengthen your technical capabilities through hands-on product design and development, while staying current with emerging technologies. You will also grow your professional network, collaborate with cross-functional peers, and benefit from mentorship from experienced engineers in the field.

Job Duties / Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• In this role, you will deepen your knowledge base of Caterpillar’s products, technologies, processes, services, and systems, which you will use to:
• Incumbent would design and develop new global attachments from concept through production. ensuring alignment with organizational goals and project deliverables.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including manufacturing, commercial, quality, and supply chain to ensure design feasibility and product performance.
• Actively support a prototype, pilot, or production builds relating to machine platform and support validation activities for Attachments.
• Apply engineering principles and best practices to solve design challenges and improve product functionality.
• Perform failure analysis, identify root causes, generate ideas, and propose solution to medium / complex failures.
• Create and maintain detailed design documentation including CAD models, drawings, and specifications.
• Apply knowledge of GD&T in engineering drawings & manufacturing processes.
• Perform product and process maintenance activities in Teamcenter engineering enterprise.
• Communicate results to customers, suppliers, team members and other business units.
• Collaboration with global engineers and regional procurement teams on prioritizing, planning, and executing projects.
• Engage with peers and mentors to continuously grow technical and professional capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in an accredited Engineering; Mechanical Engineering or Automobile Engineering.
• Relevant Work Experience: 4 – 8 Years.
• Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Sound knowledge on Light Fab design, and or application knowledge on Attachments.
• Sound knowledge in manufacturing processes of Fabrication components.
• Experience in providing solution to the current product issues and continuously improving the product quality.
• Emphasis on initiative and self-starting tasks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Incumbents should possess working knowledge on Creo or comparable CAD software.
• Requires adequate knowledge on general engineering practices and Teamcenter engineering enterprise.
• Challenges include managing their own development by continuously learning through experience and staying abreast of technology changes.

Skill Descriptors

Effective Communications: Proficient in leading discussions and meetings with cross-functional teams including engineers, purchasing professionals, NPI teams, Leadership personnel and other business units. Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and concisely, fostering collaboration and alignment across diverse stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to engage directly with senior leaders and present data-based recommendations to drive consensus and action.

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.

Standard Operating Procedures: Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design, implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations to increase operational efficiency.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Compiles current research relevant to standard operating procedures.
• Explains usage of standard operating procedures in business operations.
• Describes main issues and considerations when using standard operating procedures.
• Identifies key features and functions of standard operating procedures.

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 Basic Understanding:

• Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message.
• Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications.
• Explains the importance of effective business communication.
• Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures.

Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Knowledge of design for manufacturability guidelines, methodologies, and use cases; ability to use this knowledge to optimize product designs and manufacturing operations.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Discusses the use cases, benefits, and importance of DFM.
• Explains the key DFM design principles.
• Lists the major tools and technologies used for implementing DFM methodologies.
• Locates the DFM guidelines for various types of manufacturing processes within the organization.

Engineering - MFG: Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes where and how to obtain additional engineering information and expertise.
• Explains engineering concepts and features in a manufacturing environment.
• Cites manufacturing industry or organizational examples of usage or application of engineering.
• Identifies major initiatives, key issues and benefits of engineering in manufacturing.

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