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** Career Area:
** Engineering
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* 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.
** About E&ES:
** Caterpillar’s Electrification & Energy Solutions (E&ES) Division will focus on delivering advanced electrified power train, zero-emissions products/technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, micro grid controllers, charging, energy storage systems, lifecycle solutions/services and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries.

We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. We need self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.
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* Job Summary:

** New Product Introduction and program leadership is critical to the
** E+ES Power Conversion team.
** This role leads cross-functional teams to create reliable and cost-effective Power Conversion products to support verticals in
** RI, CI, and E&T.
** This leader will create relationships across the value stream with the end goal of meeting end customer needs through various applications in charging, power conversion, and energy storage
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* What you will do:

** This NPI lead is accountable for managing multiple across several machine platforms and site solutions.  This includes leading NTI, NSI, NPI and Small Batch projects to deploy new solutions into production.  This will include managing any supply chain issues, quality concerns, and other program maintenance activities.
* Clearly communicate, collaborate, and build trust across a diverse range of people – E&E stakeholders, vertical stakeholders, peers, and technical leaders.
* Understand product development processes – NPI, NTI, and E&ES bespoke Small Batch process.
* Utilize business resource processes and applications to inform and help make product decisions.
* Collaborate with Chief Engineers Technical Managers on transitioning new technology projects (NTI) to new product introduction (NPI) projects.
* Collaborate with the Commercial Team to meet customer needs.
* Lead NPI projects from launch through gateway 7 ensuring all requirements are met (technical, quality, cost, timeline, etc.).
* Contributes to defining the direction for product design, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results.
* Develop/maintain project plans and schedules in collaboration with all E+ES functional areas (product support, life cycle management, engineering, purchasing, validation) and product group teams.
* Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency…