Design Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.•Lafayette, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Design Engineer on the Lube Systems Team at Caterpillar Inc., you will be responsible for leading the design and development of oil pans for D3500, G3500, C280, and G3600 engine products. This involves designing cast and fabricated oil pan assemblies and components to meet internal and external customer requirements. The role focuses on improving existing oil pan products, supporting engine programs through the design and validation of new oil pan designs, and contributing to the growth of the supplier base for oil pan assemblies and components.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology or similar curriculum.
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.
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.
Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Product Design - MFG: Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.

Nice To Haves

Component design experience, including castings and welded fabrications.
Experience or familiarity with Creo, Teamcenter, and Teamcenter Visualization software.
CPI and NPI project experience.
Diesel or Gas engine system knowledge.
Strong communication skills, verbal and written, complemented by the ability to develop and deliver technical presentations.
Ability to collect and efficiently organize detailed information.
The ability to work or lead multiple projects simultaneously and to make sound priority decisions.

Responsibilities

Lead design execution for oil pan assemblies and components, including cast iron and cast aluminum oil pans and steel fabrication oil pans.
Complete failure mode analyses (e.g., FMEA) to determine failure modes and validation plans of new oil pan designs.
Lead Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) and New Product Introduction (NPI) projects to identify root cause and corrective actions for current and new product oil pan issues.
Collaborate with multiple teams within Caterpillar including Engine Platform, Analysis/Simulation, Product Support, Assembly, Quality, and Purchasing to deliver oil pan solutions to our external customers.
Collaborate with multiple world-wide suppliers to deliver high quality oil pan products.
Support development of new suppliers to grow the supply base of oil pan assemblies and components.
Work closely with engine operations to proactively design oil pans for improved assembly, fit-up new oil pan designs, and resolve assembly issues.
Communicate technical results and recommendations to stakeholders, team members, and internal customers.
Make cost‑value tradeoffs and support decisions with engineering rationale in oil pan design activities.
Travel to supplier or customer sites as needed (average up to 10% annually).