Senior Associate Engineer

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The Large Power Systems Division currently has an opening for a Senior Associate Engineer in the Core Packaging Mechanical Systems. This role will be located in our Bangalore, India Office. As a Senior Associate Engineer, you will have the opportunity to develop and maintain components for Caterpillar’s next generation of LPSD Gensets. You will establish strong ties with Genset platform teams while driving strong interaction with all our process partners in Operations, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

The Packaging team is a cross-platform engineering group that manages products for multiple platforms and market segments. As a Senior Associate Engineer in the Large Power Systems Division, you will participate in developing innovative solutions for programs technical requirements/specifications, often complex problems faced by the packaging team based on platform (C15 – C175) and market segment (Electric Power, Oil & Gas, Marine) applications. Teams will consist of both internal and external partners, and you will be responsible for ensuring the proper design, integration, application, and ready for market requirements are met for the packaged generator set in each situation. You will manage the planning and execution of projects, continually learn, and stay abreast of innovative technology, help coach team members, and broaden your professional network.

The successful candidate will have experience in component and system design, package/engine application, and/or system integration. Additionally, he or she will have strong people skills for collaborating with process partners to identify and implement solutions for issue resolution. Top candidates will have experience with the Med-V, 3500, C175, and 3600 products, demonstrated ability to deliver quality results with a sense of urgency, and experience delivering NPI, NSI, NTI, CPI, and cost reduction projects.

The role of the Senior Associate Engineer is to complete program/project timelines, ensuring technical and implementation tasks are correct and aligned to all engineering processes and Component and supplier strategies.

What you will do:

• Conceives and provides practical product design applications using complex technical principles

• Collaborate with other engineering teams to define and meet product requirements

• Prepares concept, design, and development and feasibility studies of complex engineering designs and systems

• Develop and maintain detailed project and validation plans

• Support product test and validation activities

• Evaluates, defines, and resolves design and manufacturing problems

• Uses technical expertise and product knowledge to support the issue resolution process by interfacing with Test and Evaluation, Service, Plant personnel, suppliers, and consultants

• Works with manufacturability teams resolving problems with manufacturing and statistical process controls

• Collaborate on design and validation with global suppliers

• Assist in the design and analysis of components and systems using appropriate analytical tools

• Validate component performance to ensure they meet specifications

• Follow Caterpillar quality processes

• Manage project scope, schedule, and cost.

• Establishes and maintains compliance with the project timelines

• Keep abreast of new technology and facility system requirements for processing orders

• Demonstrated initiative and sense of urgency relative to customer requirements and creative problem solving across organizational boundaries

• High level of oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills

• Ability to maintain utmost discretion and manage confidential and privileged information

• Ability to work with other team members to research and analyze customer specifications to create design proposals to meet performance, customer and manufacturing requirements

Education:

Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) in an accredited Engineering or Technology related field.

Top Candidates will also have:

• Master’s degree in engineering, or equivalent experience

• Proven experience with engine and genset components and systems

• Experience with NPI, NSI, NTI, CPI and Cost Reduction processes and programs

• Ability to work complex projects with many collaborators

• Passion to innovate, inspire, and grow professionally

• Proven analytical, planning, and organization skills

• Knowledge of Engine or Package system designs

• Flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment

• Experience with high speed and medium speed reciprocating engine gensets

• Quality focus and experience with quality systems

• Technical understanding of material selection, component design practices and DFMEA

• Experience using CREO, CAD Engineering Tools or Custom Computer Programs to design, develop, and calculate performance

• Knowledge of engineering manufacturing methods and production processes used to produce complex assemblies.

What you have:

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.

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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.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

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.

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.

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.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.

Additional Information:

• This position is located in Bangalore India

• Relocation assistance is approved for this position

• Travel up to 10% is possible with this position

• Sponsorship is not approved for this position

• This position requires working onsite five days a week

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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