Engineering Project Team Lead - Electrification

Caterpillar Inc.•Mossville, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. Caterpillar’s Electrification + Energy Solutions (E+ES) Division defines and develops electrified powertrain solutions, utilizing advanced power generation, conversion, control, and charging technologies to support our customers in their electrification journeys. As an Engineering Project Team Leader in Power Electronics System & Components, you will be joining an innovative team on the cutting edge of electrification. You will have the unique opportunity to direct and lead concepting, design, and development of power electronic components and integrated systems used in multiple Caterpillar applications. You will partner with a global design team, providing project guidance for the successful design and development of medium voltage power electronic components and integrated systems. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from a highly experienced team of engineers having significant experience across Caterpillar electric drive and stationary power conversion applications.

Requirements

Engineering Degree Requirement
Technical Excellence: Extensive design and product development knowledge for components, systems, automotive or mobile drive applications
Level Extensive Experience
Experience with quality tools including FMEA, APQP & PPAP
Experience with Issue resolution process
Analytical Thinking: Experience with validation and testing methods.
Level Extensive Experience:
Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:
Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
Project Management: 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.
Level Extensive Experience:
Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.
Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.
Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.
Level Extensive Experience:
Coaches others on orthographic, isometric and axonometric projections.
Presents complex products and systems graphically.
Performs manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers.
Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space.
Consults on benefits and drawbacks of top-down design vs. bottom-up design.
Compares and contrasts uses of bird's-eye views and worm's-eye views.
Product Development Life Cycle - MFG: 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.
Level Extensive Experience:
Presents coordinated marketing and product development plans.
Advises others on using industry trends in a road map for product development.
Consults on similarities and differences of life cycle for development vs. enhancement activities.
Coaches on how to use multiple, vendor-provided or in-house structured methodologies.
Manages a significant piece of a successful product roadmap.
Oversees all phases, activities and deliverables of the product development methodology.
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.
Level Extensive Experience:
Coordinates execution of test plans, including resources, strategy, schedules, processes and tools.
Collaborates with design team to ensure testing considerations are incorporated into system design.
Recommends tools and techniques for automating, simplifying and enhancing product testing.
Compares and contrasts alternative testing methodologies and tools.
Matches testing methodology and tools to product being tested; develops test scenarios and scripts.
Estimates time, effort and resources required for thorough testing.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
Level Extensive Experience:
Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.
Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.
Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.
Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.
Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.
Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with electric drive systems is a plus

Responsibilities

Work with the machine business division and drivetrain system engineering groups to establish the application requirements for power electronics components/systems
Support power conversion NPI & NTI program deliverables
Detailed collaboration with the extended team for electrical design and the release of circuit schematics, component prints and 3D models.
Play an active role in supplier selection and development of the potential suppliers for the electrical designs
Leverage knowledge and experience of other Caterpillar SMEs to leverage best practices, improve design efficiency, and raise the overall skill level of our team.
Stay up to date with the latest advances in power electronics technologies and solutions in industry
Perform complete requirements generation, component design, simulation, validation and production development for new power inverters and converters