Senior Design Engineer

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Mossville, IL

Senior Design Engineer role in Caterpillar's Electrification & Energy Solutions (E&ES) Division, focusing on the design and integration of battery module systems for customer applications. Responsibilities include top-level system design, structural modules, interface routing for cooling and connections, problem-solving, design optimization using simulation tools, collaboration with manufacturing and purchasing, and contributing to FMEAs and Risk Assessments.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the design of battery module systems design used to integrate battery packages into customer applications. This would include owning the top-level system design as well as the structural modules and interface routing and location for cooling, communications, and high voltage connections.
  2. Utilize a robust problem solving and implementation process to resolve and improve designs
  3. Evaluate and optimize designs using simulation tools structural or thermal evaluations
  4. Assist in procurement and builds of system hardware; document and develop build improvements through design or process optimization.
  5. Support customers and dealer product support teams to develop Application & Integration guides and Disassembly & Assembly procedures.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) in an accredited Engineering curriculum
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Effective Communications
  • Managing Multiple Priorities
  • Technical Excellence
  • Computer-Aided Design & Engineering
  • Product Design and Development

Nice to have

  • 3+ years of progressive work/academic experience on the design and development of battery pack/module/cell-stack or similar electrical integration systems.
  • Proficiency with Creo (or equivalent) and Teamcenter
  • Proficiency with Drafting tools and detailed drawing generation.

What the JD emphasized

  • Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) in an accredited Engineering curriculum
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis
  • Extensive experience and understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of effective self-management practices
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of a given technology and various application methods
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of product features