Design Engineer

Caterpillar•Mossville, IL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Support the development of controls systems for Power Conversion Systems, Microgrids and Energy Storage Systems. Develop control strategy requirements through interpreting voice of customer/business/regulation for power conversion systems, then converting those requirements into control algorithms and solutions. Deliver industry leading quality controls and software features. Collaborate with a global team to develop FMEA based validation plans while performing validation activities of controls systems for power conversion solutions in software in the loop (SIL), model in the loop (MIL) and hardware in the loop (HIL) environments. Collaborate with software teams to release software for new and existing products.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Systems Engineering or a related field plus 4 years of experience in delivering controls systems and software design or related occupation.
Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Systems Engineering or a related field plus 2 years of experience in delivering controls systems and software design or related occupation.
Coursework or employment experience with MATLAB and Simulink.
Coursework or employment experience with Real time simulation and development tools, such as dSpace or Opal RT.
Coursework or employment experience with Controls and software design and development of power electronics or power conversion systems, such as Energy Storage Systems, Microgrids, Inverters and Power Conversion Systems, such as Chargers and Dispensers.
Coursework or employment experience with Gitlab (or any version control tool).
Coursework or employment experience with Electrical Schematics.
Coursework or employment experience with Python scripting.

Responsibilities

Support the development of controls systems for Power Conversion Systems, Microgrids and Energy Storage Systems.
Develop control strategy requirements through interpreting voice of customer/business/regulation for power conversion systems, then converting those requirements into control algorithms and solutions.
Deliver industry leading quality controls and software features.
Collaborate with a global team to develop FMEA based validation plans while performing validation activities of controls systems for power conversion solutions in software in the loop (SIL), model in the loop (MIL) and hardware in the loop (HIL) environments.
Collaborate with software teams to release software for new and existing products.