Lead Embedded Engineer

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.

Engineering

• Responsible for interacting with customers/clients and the Common Services and Network Solutions (CSNS) Global Value Team.
• Support customer best by listening to all network and CSNS scope.
• Bring requirements and requests to the global value team.
• Act as point of contact for the CSNS team to the customer.
• Assist in budget planning and negotiating schedules with customers.
• Interface between customer and delivery team.
• Main contributor to the global value team, by hearing requests from customers/clients and presenting them to the team.
• Prioritize the requirements with the help of the global value team.
• Ensure platform hardware and necessary tools are in place from customer for the team to work on.
• Facilitate Release Planning (ATEST, RC, and Production Intent) with the customer.
• Accountable for customer issues and feature enhancements.

• 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.
• Effective Communications:
  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.
• Teamwork:
  Knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; experience with; ability to work cooperatively towards shared goals and being supportive of others at all levels.
• Technical Troubleshooting:
  Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.
• Technical Excellence:
  Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
• Level Extensive
  
  Experience:
• Performing and leading the requirements, design, development, test network communication and foundational information software used in embedded systems on Caterpillar machine or industrial applications
• Developing embedded ‘C’ and/or C++ code software solutions to meet system requirements.
• Developing software components that must comply with the software architecture standards.
• Developing embedded software following a common process.
• Design and development of multiple or large software products.
• Contrasts advantages and drawbacks of different implementations of embedded software, different development languages and tools.
• Estimates and monitors development time, and costs based on functional and technical requirements.
• Provides consulting on both selection and utilization of developers' workbench tools.

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical, Electronics or Computer Engineering or Computer Science, 6 years systems and software development experience
• 4 years (concurrent) experience in automotive, machine, or industrial embedded software development.
• A master’s degree in electrical, Electronics or Computer Engineering or Computer Science, 3 years embedded network communication systems and software development experience
• AVB/TSN,…