Application Engineering Specialist

Caterpillar•Mossville, IL

16h•Onsite

About The Position

The Large Power Systems Division is hiring an Engineering Team Lead for its Aftertreatment & Exhaust Systems (AT&ES) performance engineering team. This lead and individual-contributor role combines technical expertise with coordinating the efforts of others to develop clean-power solutions and reduce harmful diesel and gas engine exhaust emissions. The Project Lead will manage projects evaluating and introducing alternate aftertreatment components into existing solutions, from identifying an opportunity through technical evaluation, validation, and successful factory implementation. The work includes understanding system interactions, evaluating technical tradeoffs, developing validation plans, and resolving issues that arise during development and implementation. The role collaborates with engineering experts, purchasing, suppliers, quality, manufacturing, and product groups to ensure solutions meet requirements for performance, quality, reliability, cost, and manufacturability. Projects are intended to improve cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and product flexibility. The position is based in Mossville, Illinois, splits time between the Tech Center and AC offices, and requires onsite work five days a week. Travel may be less than 15%. Domestic relocation is available; visa sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline and professional engineering experience.
Extensive knowledge of major products and services and the ability to apply this knowledge to diverse situations.
Extensive knowledge of a technology and its application methods, with the ability to develop solutions to significant technical challenges.
Knowledge of influencing tactics and strategies and the ability to use them to deepen expertise and affect or challenge decisions.
Expert-level knowledge of project management, including planning, organizing, monitoring, and controlling projects and using technical and administrative resources efficiently.
Extensive knowledge of requirements analysis tools, methods, and techniques, with the ability to elicit, analyze, and record functional and non-functional requirements.
Extensive knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques, with the ability to anticipate, detect, and resolve technical problems in manufacturing or product management.
Extensive knowledge of product features and the ability to design and develop products, technologies, or services from concept through production.
Ability to work onsite five days a week.
Ability to travel less than 15% as required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in an engineering discipline.
Progressive professional leadership experience.
Design experience.
Simulation experience.
Engine performance and/or aftertreatment experience.

Responsibilities

Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.
Coordinate resources across the businesses with sales and marketing, product development groups, the value chain, and manufacturing.
Oversee project progress and costs, communicate status with stakeholders and participating functional areas, and address and resolve problems.
Lead projects to evaluate and introduce alternate aftertreatment components into existing solutions, from opportunity identification through technical evaluation, validation, and factory implementation.
Understand system interactions, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and develop validation plans.
Work with engineering experts, purchasing, suppliers, quality, manufacturing, and product groups to ensure solutions meet performance, quality, reliability, cost, and manufacturability requirements.