Engineering Project Team Leader- Caterpillar

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, the company has been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and is committed to a reduced-carbon future. Its innovative products and services, backed by a global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

The Caterpillar Champaign Innovation Center brings together resources from key fields for the company’s research and development efforts, including engineering, computer science, operations research, and statistics, to drive innovative development through data analysis. The CIC also utilizes simulation technology to optimize product and process designs while reducing overall development time and cost. The center addresses engineering design issues such as materials processing, manufacturing processing, and structural analysis.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

About the Role

Caterpillar Inc. seeks an Engineering Project Team Leader at its facility located in the Research Park.

This position involves up to 10% domestic travel to testing, research and manufacturing facilities, proving grounds, and internal and external conferences.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Leading cross-functional global engineering teams to evaluate the structural performance of complex Mining, Construction, and Earthmoving Lower Powertrain systems and components
• Using advanced numerical analysis methods and tools
• Providing technical guidance on product design issues such as material selection, durability, reliability, cost, and quality
• Developing and exploring emerging technologies
• Project planning and resource management
• Participating in pre-test planning, on-machine testing, post-test analysis validation and design optimization
• Preparing comprehensive technical presentations and reports
• Mentoring & coaching lower-level staff.

Requirements

• This position requires a Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Civil Engineering or a related field
• 4 years of experience in a Structural Analysis and Simulation or related occupation.
• The applicant must have 4 years of employment experience with:
  • Leading and managing projects involving analysis, design, testing and validation of Large Mining, Construction, Earthmoving Machine and Lower Powertrain Structures and Linkages
  • Supporting Finite Element Analysis of Lower Power train systems of large mining trucks, Off -highway trucks, Motor Grader, Wheel Tractor Scraper, Wheel Loader or other similar machine products
  • Using modern data analysis techniques to develop load profiles for Lower Powertrain systems using data from simulation, proving ground tests, and field operations
  • Fatigue life estimation of various Lower powertrain components such as: Axles, Differentials, Wheels, Rims, Final drives, Clutch pack, Torque converters, Transmission gear box, Manifold, using FE-Safe or equivalent
  • Multibody dynamics using Dynasty, ADAMS or equivalent
  • Pre-test planning, instrumentation, and post-test data processing using DATK, MATLAB, or equivalent
  • ABAQUS (Implicit/Explicit), NASTRAN, NX, HYPERMESH, and CREO.
• Telecommuting: 2 days/week.

Learn more and apply by December 22 on the Caterpillar website.