Software Verification Engineer (Electric Drive Controls)

Caterpillar•Mossville, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar is developing machines with advanced electric drive powertrains. A key part of these powertrains are the controls and software for the motors, generators and powertrain systems. Accurate high speed HIL systems are critical to ensure the controls and software are working properly. As an Electric Drive Controls Verification engineer you will be responsible for developing HIL systems to test the powertrain controls. You will interact with the system designers and controls engineers to develop the HIL models, implement the models on the various HIL platforms and work directly with the software developers to test the software. As part of this team you may also participate in on machine testing at Caterpillar's proving grounds.

Requirements

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.
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Embedded Systems: Knowledge of embedded systems and their applications; ability to develop embedded systems with varying levels of complexity to control the operations of the machine it is embedded within.
Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.
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.
Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science
Typically, have 2+ years' experience in developing HIL test platforms
Typically, have 2+ years' experience in plant modeling with Matlab/Simulink