Mechanical Design Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.•Lafayette, IN

1d•$89,210 - $133,810•Onsite

About The Position

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. 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. About the Electric Power Division Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations! Role Definition Electric Power Division currently has an opening for a Mechanical Design Engineer in the Global Gas Solutions Packaging team. This position will support the design of the mechanical Balance of Plant and enclosure components for natural gas genset solutions. A strong focus will be on CHP and Standby enclosures. All designs need to be modular and designed for manufacturing, so that they can be sourced either in-house or at the third-party packagers. Special design flexibility needs to be in place to quickly optimize the design to meet customer or site requirements once an order is placed to support custom orders. Enclosure solution designs will integrate mechanical components and distribution into the packages, serving different customer applications. The incumbent will facilitate the concept and the detailed engineering design for various aspects of the standard enclosed genset solutions, overseeing the releasing to Cat engineering systems, helping resource components and assemblies, leading or participating in the design reviews, participating in the VDRA’s to ensure manufacturability of the engineering designs in support of new product development (NPI) as well as engineering maintenance (custom orders) in a manner to ensure the products provide superior performance, best cost, durability, quality, and serviceability. The incumbent will facilitate or support the validation testing. This position requires effective collaboration with internal partners, external suppliers, operations, supply chain, commercial team, and third-party packagers to deliver robust designs globally and to drive cost reduction and quality improvements.

Requirements

Proficient with Cat Engineering systems including Creo, Teamcenter, and product quality systems and reporting
Demonstrated proficiency in releasing prints in eSAP and EDS
Previous supplier collaboration experience
Previous experience of working in a design/development/problem solving environment
Effective communications skills with the ability to communicate technical information effectively with team members and dealers/customers
Demonstrated proficiency with processing invoices for engineering work and parts through NEXTGen and Prove Design.
Experience with supporting Cat dealers
A self-starter demonstrating a strong work ethic and good initiative
Proficient using Visio and documenting Process flow maps.
Analytical Thinking: Working 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: Working knowledge 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.
Product Design and Development: Working knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.

Nice To Haves

Customer facing experience through engineering, sales, and support functions.
Being able to work within AISTO XT and CSQ.
Good communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills
NPI program Experience
Experience leading NPI, CPI and cost reduction projects with proven results.
Ability to manage multiple programs and break down roadblocks to meet program objectives

Responsibilities

Accountable for concept and design of mechanical components and subsystems for the standard packaged enclosed solutions, processing engineering drawings and data in line with company procedures and Cat engineering systems, monitoring prints releasing to Cat systems on time
Support design reviews, virtual design reviews, sourcing parts from suppliers, and validation testing
Create drawings for customized standard solutions
Perform quality checks on enclosure packaging solutions and drive issue resolution with a sense of urgency
Release pricing arrangements for the pricelist options
Release parts in alignment with CVA’s to support total life cycle cost calculations before a sale is executed
Provide technical support to the technical sales support team and to the global production facilities through internal operations partners or third-party packagers
Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities
Communicate technical information effectively with team members and others in the work group, suppliers, dealers/customers and other departments in a concise and accurate manner
Provide presentations for Dealer Advisory Team (DAT) meetings and support training needs for internal and external groups
Complete projects on time and on cost