Career Area:

Engineering

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.

Your Work Shapes the World

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

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

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.

Join us!

JOB PURPOSE:

An Electric Powertrain (ePowertrain) includes a power source such as battery and possibly fuel cell, power electronics, and electric drivetrain components combined via controls into an electric powertrain system. As a Principal Product Architect in the ePowertrain Systems team, you will be joining an innovative team on the cutting edge of electrification.  The ePowertrain Systems team is part of the Electrification & Energy Solutions Division and is a full electric powertrain solution partner for all Caterpillar machines.  You will be responsible for architecting e-powertrain solutions across multiple NTI/NPI programs and will work with L6 Product Groups, L5 ePowertrain system, and L3-L4 component technical leads to support their programs with Requirements Definition, with validation leads to support FMEA based planning, and PPRD to ensure proper validation of advanced ePowertrain components and systems supporting a wide variety of new product development and new technology investigation projects. Your role will be critical to establishing e-architecting excellence in the ePowertrain systems and solutions domain, delivering world-class solutions, and mentoring and coaching team members.

What you will do:    

• Lead product architecting & strategy of full electric powertrain configurations for a diverse range of machine platforms and collaborate with teams to define and meet targets for deliverables and timing of virtual, laboratory, and testbed demonstrators.

• Collaborate with other product architecting principals, stewards and chief engineers to develop innovative and optimally sized ePowertrain power path configurations & concepts with various types of electric machines, power sources, power conversion and distribution systems, and electro-mechanical-hydraulic components including transmissions & braking systems.

• Partner with Caterpillar’s product engineering groups and other stakeholders to develop modular, scalable, and leverageable components for ePowertrain in support enterprise electrification growth, platforming, and component strategy

• Develop/deploy scalable component models for sub systems and components associated with power electronic and magnetic devices, electric motors, power sources, brakes, multi-stage planetary and multi-speed electro-mechanical transmissions and electric variants of hydrostatic/hydro-mechanical transmissions to drive product strategy decisions.

• Improve upon or synthesize new electric powertrain system, sub-system and component designs using sound engineering first principles.

• Collaborate with CAT internal teams and third-party suppliers to developed new methods, frameworks, and processes to architect and validate innovative e-solutions & facilitate development of process frameworks and best practices.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive engineering advancements and innovations in areas such as e-drivetrain power path development, power conversion system/component topologies, power source architecting, optimal and model predictive control strategies, with a focus on RD&E efficiency, aftermarket growth, first fit differentiation.

• Perform high level engineering design calculations related to loading, basic stress and fatigue life calculations, power source, drivetrain and cooling system sizing calculations for general system, component and control tradeoff analysis and product architecting and simulation framework development for electrified powertrains for xEV’s.

 

What you have:

• Degree Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Energy/Power Systems Engineering or equivalent

• Product Development Life Cycle: Experience leading a proof-of-concept/concept to production launch on electric drive systems, sub systems and/or components.

• Analytical Thinking: Experienced in design of experiments and tradeoff analysis associated with electric powertrain/power system design, control. Ability to develop and provide solutions for significant technical challenges in these areas.

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Significant experience evaluating and specifying system architecture and control application requirements for electric/hybrid electric powertrain/power systems.

• Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Extensive background in model-based engineering using simulation platforms such as MATLAB/SIMULINK/Simscape, AMESim, GT Suite, Ansys, Optislang, HEEDS or similar tool chains, ideally as applied to electric powertrain applications.

• Effective Communications: Communicates complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner so that others can understand. Exhibits depth and breadth of knowledge, skill, and experience in the relevant field.

• Project Management: Ability to set and meet appropriate deadlines as it relates to all phases of the product development cycle ensuring effective utilization of global resources.

Additional Information:

• This position will sit from the Mossville, IL office.

• This position would require up to 25% travel.

• This position does NOT offer relocation.

• This position does NOT offer sponsorship.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Posting Dates:

August 23, 2024 - September 6, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.   

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