**Career Area**:
Engineering
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**Role Definition**
Design, development and testing of electrical and/or electronic components for use within machines and engine systems.
**Responsibilities**
- Overseeing compliance with development processes and regulations for electrical and electronic systems and components.
- Investigating and troubleshooting all technical issues related to electrical and electronic systems and components.
- Managing and negotiating with electrical and electronic equipment vendors for the development of systems and components.
- Mentoring craftsmen, technicians and engineers in the development of electrical and electronic systems and components.
- Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
**Degree Requirement**
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering.
**Skill Descriptors**
- Follows procedures in carrying out routine supplier management tasks.
- Uses electronic systems or tools to record/retrieve supplier information and carry out transactions with suppliers.
- Resolves routine supplier issues; escalates non-routine issues up chain of command.
- Researches alternative vendors or suppliers; participates in supplier selection.
- Works with suppliers to ensure that purchases meet delivery date and quality specifications
- Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
- Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
- Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
- Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate. Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.
- Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
- Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
- Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
- Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence. Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.
Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
- Provides input for Gantt or PERT charts or their equivalent to track project progress and status.
- Under guidance, plans and estimates simple projects.
- Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.
- Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project. Produces standard project status reports.
Electronics Engineering - HTH: Knowledge of electronics engineering; ability to design, test and manufacture electronic circuits, components and devices.
- Researches considerations and tools used for converting schematics to layouts.
- Works with engineering electronic components or devices.
- Constructs circuit schematics; explains the interconnections between all electrical components.
- Addresses common issues and considerations in manufacturing electronic products. Implements processes and activities associated with the design and testing of electronic circuits.
**Basic Qualifications**:
1 to 3 years of experience working in the capacity of an electrical or mechanical design engineer to help us develop low voltage DC electrical components for use on Caterpillar engines and machines.
Work experience in similar fields: factory quality, process, research, validation or similar.
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**Posting Dates**:
May 31, 2024 - July 9, 2024
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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