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Senior Engineer – Design
| Company | Caterpillar Inc. |
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| Location | Tucson, AZ, USA |
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| Salary | $128336 – $165840 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related field
- 8 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer, Design Engineer, or related occupation or in the mechanical engineering field
- Employment experience with: (1) Failure prediction and management, including test to service life correlation; (2) Technology time/cost analysis, including R&D expense, and product cost management; (3) Spatial design and conceptual design, ranging from proof of concept in program infancy to detailed production design; (4) NPI Process, including Requirements management, failure modes effects and analysis, program management, and resource allocation; (5) Virtual Product Development and analysis including structural and fluids performance; and (6) Electrification systems and battery thermal management solutions.
Responsibilities
- Direct and participate in the concept and design of complex engineering product or process projects for release to production
- Contribute to the concept, development, and design of complex components, subsystems, or processes
- Perform complex analysis work, identify design problems, and resolve problems
- Work directly with different units, suppliers, customers, and/or other teams
- Communicate technical information in a concise and accurate manner
- Design and promote new components and sub processes
- Perform needs analysis and initiate ideas
- Evaluate new products or processes
- Perform product maintenance
- Keep up to date on new technologies or develop new technologies
- Manage own development, continuously learning through experience and staying abreast of technology
- Utilize the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) system to ensure designs meet performance and quality targets
- Utilize Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) process in e1ns environment
- Direct physical test activities in a test lab setting
- Support the testing such as On Machine Structural Analysis (OMSA), Mounted Equipment Resonance (MER) or cooling performance tests
- Utilize the Built-In Quality (BIQ) process to establish quality gates
- Execute Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) projects to improve quality by making design changes.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
