Battery Systems Technical Lead

Caterpillar•Mossville, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar’s Electrification + Energy Solutions Division is looking an experienced Battery Systems Technical Lead to develop battery solutions for a wide range of applications. This role leads a team of battery design, test and validation engineers to electrify Caterpillar machines and applications. Specifically, this person applies product knowledge to develop innovative solutions, makes key decisions impacting battery strategy, utilizes project management skills to maintain commitments, fosters collaboration across the organization, interfaces with external partners, gathers key requirements, and evaluates business impacts and technical tradeoffs. This exciting opportunity will serve a critical role in developing batteries for wide range of Caterpillar applications. This Battery Systems team is developing the next generation of Caterpillar power sources. Take a look here at what the team's working on!

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Reviews and explains several battery solutions with multiple partners and stakeholders. Utilizes critical-thinking and decision-making processes to make recommended battery solutions. Coaches and champions others in decision-making models, processes, and practices.
Effective Communications: Adapts presentations for the intended audience, including internal teams, external teams, senior leadership Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position. Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement. Maintains focus on completing the mission, championing the solution that has consensus
Project Management: Champions organization's small batch project process. Manages multiple high-risk, high-cost projects involving multiple stakeholders. Monitors major projects for critical path and actual status versus planned.
Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Quickly reviews proposed 3D models in order to consider battery options and packaging trade-offs Ability to develop high level battery concepts from ground up in order to communicate options and trade offs

Nice To Haves

Knowledge in battery cell, module, pack and/or system design
Knowledge in battery electric powertrain integration

Responsibilities

Lead battery design team from concept to certification delivering battery solutions for our customers
Lead battery system decision matrix activities gaining consensus across the organization
Analyze options and tradeoffs throughout the project to move team forward
Leveraging product and process knowledge to develop project R&D and material estimates
Develop detailed resource loading and high-level project plans
Collaborate with internal and external partners to clearly summarize and communicate areas of risk and suggest opportunities for improvement