System Integration Engineer - CAT Grade Technology

Caterpillar Inc.•Mossville, IL

1d•$128,470 - $192,710•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. Technology is a competitive differentiator. We collaborate with partners across the enterprise to advance technologies including autonomy and automation, which helps enhance site safety, productivity and efficiency across customer operations worldwide. Our focus isn’t just on what we build, but how we build it. We scale technology solutions across the business. We spearhead product development tools and processes. We collaborate with our partners to provide a seamless experience for our customers. We are obsessed with speed, simplicity and customer outcomes. Cat Technology also owns enterprise-wide initiatives in innovation, research and development, manufacturing automation and advanced materials, ensuring Caterpillar continues to lead the industry in technological excellence and engineering innovation. Job Summary: The individual hired for this position will work as part of an engineering team designing, developing, and collaborating with machine design teams on the development of advanced CAT Grade integration strategies for machines. Focus is on development of performance and ease of use features, and building on the Grade Control Engine. Your contributions will include developing solutions which can be integrated into the existing as well as the latest electronic architectures on Caterpillar machines.

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.
Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
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.
Technology Advising: Knowledge of effective advisory methods and ability to provide valued information and advice to clients regarding products, technologies, services and solutions for a specific technology domain.
Conceptual Thinking: Knowledge of thinking and reasoning at a conceptual level; ability to identify the critical ideas and interdependencies among system elements that impact performance.
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.
Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project
Product Development in Manufacturing: Knowledge of methodologies, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build and manage manufacturing of new products.

Nice To Haves

Four-year engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
Extensive experience in engineering
Hands-on experience with electronically controlled mechanical systems
Experience with Grade Control systems
Familiarity with positioning system components, including GPS and IMUs
Familiarity with electrical and electronic components along with their function in electrical systems
Familiarity with software development and datalinks along with their function in machine systems
Strong communication and organizational skills
Ability to communicate technical information effectively with a diverse group
A demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, communicating technical information across departments and business units while driving design activities with a minimum of supervision.

Responsibilities

Gather machine level CAT Grade integration requirements and use cases.
Contribute to the design and development of CAT Grade integration architecture.
Design CAT Grade integration differentiating features supporting technology strategies.
Support the integration of CAT Grade systems and components into new and existing machine designs.
Strong communication and collaboration between the various machine product groups, system, and software teams.
Create the supporting documentation required for machine teams to integrate CAT Grade into machine designs.
Coordination of feature validation activities.