Senior Design Engineer – Light Fabs

Senior Design Engineer – Light Fabs

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in an Engineering curriculum or Engineering Technology
• Progressive engineering and product development experience
• Proficiency in Creo or other 3-D design tools

Responsibilities

• Create concepts and designs to solve complex engineering projects.
• Utilize CREO to create highly integrated designs within machine platforms.
• Lead the NPI design, CPI and maintenance deliverables for the Light Fabrication Team.
• Meet the Cost / Time / Quality goals on NPI and CPI projects and machine platforms.
• Conduct requirements management, DFMEA, DVP& R (design verification plan & report)
• Support/Lead design review meetings
• Support Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process and Concurrent Product and Process Development (CPPD) activity to ensure components are developed to meet time, cost, and quality requirements within budget.
• Collaborate with other engineering team members, purchasing, suppliers, and Caterpillar product group customers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience designing welded steel structures.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in collaborative environment and to communicate effectively in cross functional teams.
• Executed all phases of a new product development program.
• Experience collaborating with suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturability.
• Experience directing the work of other design and detailing resources to achieve design goals.
• Personal experience performing component level FEA (Creo Simulate preferred).
• Personal experience in executing APQP from beginning to end.
• Hands-on experience (e.g. machinery, heavy equipment, manufacturing processes, welding, etc.)
• Caterpillar component and systems knowledge, preferably gained on RI wheeled products (ATK / HRV / LMT / LWL / OHT / WTS)