Design Engineer

Job Description

Design Engineer role 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.

Designs, develops, builds, and implements new components, circuits, products, or technologies via AutoCAD Electrical software. Research hardware BOM’s for Electrical Controls & Mechanical details and fitment. Project-based workflow and execution. Design and creation of electrical schematics, mechanical switch gear layouts, control panel layouts, and automation schematics. Adding all the details for a successful build cycle. Budget and projects timelines are key milestones to adhere to, for a measure or rate of success.

• Designs, modifications, and implements CAD templates in the execution of project-based schematic development.
• Researching new components and competitive products. Organizing, coordinating, and executing the building, testing, and analysis of prototypes.
• Developing and documenting functional requirements and translating into detail design documents. Participating in buy-build analysis for product components.
• 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.

Analytical Thinking

• Names specific tools or techniques that can be used to support the analytical thinking process.
• Describes specific software applications or products used for business analytics.
• Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been used to resolve problems.
• Detail orientated skills, ability to think and work out solutions, all while keeping project moving forward.
• Helps others research and learn more about business analytics tools and applications.

Effective Communications

• Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message.
• Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications.
• Explains the importance of effective business communication.
• Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures.

Managing Multiple Priorities

• Explains concepts of time and priority management.
• Seeks guidance in detecting and addressing priority conflicts.

  Technical Excellence

  • Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
  • Enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
  • Defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
  • Provides effective solutions to technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
  • Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
  • Understanding of Electrical Controls and how to wire them together. IE: PLC’s, Relays, Selector switches, push buttons, transformers, and communications protocols.
  • How to research new or unfamiliar components.

  Computer-Aided Design & Engineering

  • Generates specifications for parts or components with Autocad Electrical software.
  • Reuses template design components via reusable libraries following standard procedures.
  • Uses Autocad Electrical to perform complex electrical designs such as Control Circuits, Mechanical Panel Layouts, and Database extractions.
  • Performs routine changes to computerized schematics or drawings.
  • Creates views of objects in 2 and 3 dimensions; create manufacturing drawing sets for assembly.

  Product Design - MFG

  • Explains the major components and deliverables of functional and technical designs.
  • Describes tasks, activities and key concerns during the functional and technical design phase.
  • Cites examples of good and bad designs derived from previous projects.
  • Clarifies standard design methods, tools, and guiding…