Engineering Lead - Current Product(s) - Productivity Solutions

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.

Your Work Shapes the World

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

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure.  Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs.  Join us.

Job Summary:

The Automation & Autonomy division is leading Caterpillar and the industry with the utilization of data analytics, innovation, digital channels and techniques to drive profit, facilitate growth, unlock new revenue streams and provide more durable competitive advantages for the business through innovate solutions for our customers.　

We are seeking a talented, lead engineer to join our team. This role will be accountable for managing the on-going performance, availability & quality of VisionLink Productivity application.  The incumbent may also take up accountability for delivering enhancements and extensions to the product. You will empower Caterpillar customers by creating innovative web solutions and interactive user experiences.

What You Will Do:

- Ensure VisionLink Productivity meets UI page-load performance, up-time and product quality target metrics.

- Lead issue resolution in alignment with Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) priorities.

- Lead triaging of end-to-end defects.

- Analyze product performance data to identify areas for improvement.

- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to develop and implement design changes.

- Conduct tests and simulations to validate design modifications and ensure they meet performance and quality standards.

- Evaluate customer feedback and integrate insights into product enhancements.

- Monitor market trends and competitor products to inform improvement strategies.

- Create detailed reports and documentation outlining proposed and implemented changes.

- Lead root cause analysis for product failures and develop corrective action plans.

- Communicate ideas effectively to stakeholders at all levels.

- Collaborate with development teams to meet industry requirements.

- Deliver on short-term needs that align with long-term strategic visions.

Education Requirement:

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.

What Skills You Will Have:

Communicating Complex Concepts:
• Emphasizes the most important facts or features of a product or service.

• Uses comparisons to familiar ideas when introducing a technical or novel feature.
• Explains products and services with little or no use of technical jargon or advanced vocabulary.
• Perceives lack of audience comprehension; further simplifies explanation when needed.

Effective Communications:
• 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:
• 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:
• 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.

Strategic Thinking:
• Explains elements of the strategy to others and encourages questions.
• Monitors marketplace trends, opportunities, and vulnerabilities; reports findings.
• Makes sound recommendations when faced with complex and contradictory alternatives.

Influencing Through Expertise:
• Acquires expertise through training and practical experience in the relevant field.
• Analyzes the needs, desires, and motivations of the other party to effectively understand a given scenario.
• Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
• Provides evidentiary support while giving opinions or recommendations to influence decision-making.
• Conducts tasks in such a way as to build a strong reputation and credibility as an expert in the field.

Software Product Design/Architecture:
• Describes major software architecture alternatives and considerations.
• Explains design considerations appropriately
• Displays experience in estimating the cost of a proposed product.
• Facilitates design reviews and walkthroughs.
• Analyzes benefits and drawbacks of specific proposals.

Artificial Intelligence:
• Assists in business requirements analysis in the AI solution design or deployment process.
• Tests and troubleshoots the functionality of AI applications and systems within a specific area.

Top Candidates Will Have:

• Strong listening skills to identify new products and features from customer feedback.

• Experience in the development of web solutions or machine performance and control systems.

• Self-motivated, results-driven individual with a unique blend of technical expertise and business acumen.

• Familiarity with new mobile technologies, including augmented, virtual, and mixed reality.

Additional Information

The location for this position is Mossville, IL.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position may require up to 15% travel.

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

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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 .

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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:

November 22, 2024 - December 6, 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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