Design Engineer

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

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.

Caterpillar’s EMD division is hiring Design Engineer in Peoria, IL!

Role

Summary:

In this role, you will lead engineering projects and design, develop, validate, and implement new components, products, or technologies. You will apply strong analytical thinking to resolve ambiguous technical challenges, coordinate cross-functional work, make sound engineering decisions, and drive solutions from problem definition through production implementation.

What You’ll Do (Job Duties)
• Lead a broad mix of engineering projects. Plan and lead moderately complex Current Product Improvement, quality, legacy-product maintenance, component-obsolescence, New Product Introduction, technology-development, custom product, kit, regulatory, cost-reduction, and unmet customer need projects. Define scope, milestones, risks, deliverables, and required resources while maintaining alignment with business and customer priorities.
• Apply advanced engineering analysis and judgment. Analyze complex and sometimes incomplete data to identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, quantify risk, and recommend solutions. Assess form, fit, function, safety, serviceability, manufacturing impact, cost, and next-higher-level effects; lead analysis, prototype builds, fit-ups, testing, and design reviews.
• Own technical execution, documentation, and release. Provide technical direction for assigned work and ensure models, drawings, bills of material, engineering notices, kit content, and installation or service information are accurate and complete. Lead quality reviews, verify configurations in company systems, and drive issues through release and implementation.
• Lead resolution of production, supply, and customer issues. Coordinate the response to deviations, supplier questions, assurance-of-supply risks, obsolete parts, and factory, dealer, or field concerns. Establish containment and long-term corrective actions, balance urgency with technical risk, and develop replacement solutions that prevent production interruptions and sustain customer support.
• Provide cross-functional project leadership. Lead collaboration with system teams, manufacturing, suppliers, purchasing, quality, validation, NPI teams, dealers, and regional engineering groups. Facilitate decisions, communicate project status and risks, align stakeholders on priorities, and engage technical experts when specialized knowledge is required. Mentor less-experienced engineers and contribute to improvements in engineering methods and processes.
• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.

What You Have (Core Skills)
Project Leadership:
Ability to define project scope, establish plans and milestones, coordinate cross-functional resources, manage risks, and drive moderately complex engineering projects to completion.

Analytical Thinking:
Ability to collect and interpret technical data, identify patterns and root causes, evaluate alternatives and tradeoffs, assess risk, and make well-supported recommendations in ambiguous situations.

Effective Communication:
Ability to clearly communicate technical information, decisions, risks, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical audiences and influence…