Design Engineer

Overview

Responsible for design and development of engine mounted cooling components.

Organization: LPSD’s Cooling Products

• Lead APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) and CPPD (Concurrent Product and Process Development) activity to ensure cooling products are developed to meet time, cost, and quality requirements within budget.
• Responsibilities include creating technical specifications, conducting DFMEA’S/ DVP&R and releasing the part.
• Scope includes NPI, cost reduction, and current production.
• CREO experience
• Communicate with other engineering team members, GSND, suppliers, and customers.
• Adhere to established standards, policies, and practices relating to quality, cost reduction, safety, and ergonomics.
• Some travel (less than 10%) to suppliers and Caterpillar manufacturing facilities is required.

• B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace or Agricultural Engineering with 5 years’ experience working in Component design and

• Master’s in mechanical, Aerospace or Agricultural Engineering with 2 years’ experience in component design/validation.
• Working knowledge of Teamcenter and APQP
• Excellent communication and organization skills.

• Proficiency with CAT internal systems and tools
• Strong academic background in fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and mechanics of materials
• Mechanical fatigue knowledge
• FEA (Finite Element Analysis) knowledge
• Good analytical and problem solving skills