Design Engineering Specialist – Electromagnetic Design

Caterpillar•Noblesville, IL

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Motor Technology team is seeking a Design Engineering Specialist – Electromagnetic Design to provide technical leadership for the electromagnetic design, analysis, and optimization of Caterpillar's electric motor and generator portfolio. This position will serve as a recognized technical expert responsible for developing next-generation electromagnetic solutions supporting electrified machine platforms across construction, mining, industrial, and power applications. The successful candidate will lead electromagnetic technology development activities spanning concept creation, architecture selection, detailed design, validation, manufacturing support, and product integration. The role requires close collaboration with mechanical design, controls, validation, manufacturing, supply chain, and product teams to deliver electric machine solutions that achieve best-in-class performance, efficiency, durability, manufacturability, and cost.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
Extensive experience and 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.
Extensive experience and 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. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and recommendations to technical and leadership audiences
Extensive experience and knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Extensive experience and knowledge of the methodology and associated phases, activities and deliverables of product development life cycle in manufacturing organizations; ability to bring new or enhanced products to the marketplace. Experience leading engineering activities through concept development, validation, and production implementation.
Extensive experience and knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.
Demonstrated expertise in electric machine theory, motor and generator design, electromagnetic analysis, and machine optimization.
Demonstrated experience collaborating with power electronics and controls teams on inverter constraints, flux weakening strategies, MTPA/MTPV control maps, switching schemes, and performance map development.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in electric machines, electromagnetics, or power conversion.
Deep expertise in permanent magnet machine design, particularly Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) architectures.
Experience with JMAG, ANSYS Maxwell, Motor-CAD, Flux, MagNet, or equivalent simulation platforms.
Expertise in: Electromagnetic optimization, Rotor and stator design, Magnet selection and retention systems, Flux barrier design, Harmonic mitigation, Demagnetization analysis, NVH prediction and mitigation, Thermal-electromagnetic coupled analysis
Experience supporting heavy-duty off-highway, mining, industrial, traction, or high-power electric machine applications.
Experience transitioning technologies from NTI to NPI programs.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and build technical capability within an organization.

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical authority for electromagnetic design of electric motors and generators, establishing architectures, design strategies, and technical direction for current and future machine platforms.
Drive performance targets including efficiency, power density, torque density, losses, reliability, and overall system optimization while guiding key technology and architecture decisions.
Mentor and develop engineering talent, strengthening organizational capability in electromagnetic analysis, machine design, and advanced simulation methods.
Lead the electromagnetic design, analysis, and optimization of electric machines using analytical, simulation-based, and test-correlated methods across IPM, SPM, synchronous reluctance, switched reluctance, and induction machine topologies.
Conduct trade studies and detailed evaluations of torque production, efficiency, losses, flux behavior, harmonics, demagnetization risk, NVH excitation, and fault performance to support design decisions.
Optimize machine designs for performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost while validating results through motor characterization, testing, and correlation with experimental data.
Lead New Technology Introduction (NTI) initiatives by evaluating emerging motor and generator technologies and developing roadmaps that support future product requirements.
Advance machine performance through improvements in efficiency, power density, thermal capability, material utilization, and innovative electromagnetic design approaches.
Develop and enhance in-house design tools, automation capabilities, and optimization methods utilizing MATLAB, Python, and design-space exploration techniques to accelerate technology maturation from concept to production.
Partner with mechanical, thermal, controls, systems, manufacturing, and validation teams to deliver integrated electric machine solutions from concept through production launch.
Provide expertise in magnetic materials, including magnet selection, electrical steel evaluation, supplier data validation, and cost-performance optimization.
Support prototype development, validation, supplier engagement, sourcing decisions, and resolution of complex technical issues throughout the product lifecycle.