Job Description Your Work Shapes the World 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. When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce, Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us. Description Direct and participate in the concept and design of complex engineering product or process projects for release to production in a manner to ensure products provide superior performance, durability, quality, and serviceability. The Senior System Structural Engineer validates and participates in the concept and design of complex engineering structures for release to production in a manner to ensure products provide superior performance, durability, quality, and serviceability. Job Duties This position represents the journey-level position within design engineering. The key role of a Senior System Structural Engineer is that of a contributor to the planning and delivery of a project. This position will be accountable for contributing to the concept, development, and design of complex components, subsystems, or processes. This position performs complex analysis work, identifies design problems, and resolves problems. Although this position may be the transition from individual contributor to team leadership, the major focus of the job is on technical delivery. Incumbents may work more directly with different units, suppliers, customers, and/or other teams. This requires the ability to communicate technical information in a concise and accurate manner. Decisions made may affect the project team and its delivery of the project. Decisions may significantly impact negotiations with suppliers, leveraging new technologies, warranty, costs, sales, and customer perception. Success factors for the Senior System Structural Engineer include demonstrating excellent analytical skills and a mastery of engineering concepts. Major challenges facing incumbents are meeting goals for cost, reliability, and performance, and managing multiple priorities. This position must keep up to date on changing customer needs as the project progresses, stay current with new technology, and provide guidance and direction on the project to less experienced engineers, technologists, and technicians. Incumbents may be expected to bear significant responsibility for the completion of a project with a major focus on delivery. Key areas of responsibility encountered in this role may include any or all of the following: 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; communicate technical information to customers, team members, suppliers and other units; and support and advise other engineers, managers, marketing personnel, customers and suppliers. Engineers must manage their own development, continuously learning through experience and staying abreast of technology. Key skills to be developed at this level are failure prediction and management, technology time/cost analysis, spatial design, conceptual design, practical application of theory, knowledge of the NPI process, and communication skills .Job Duties May Include But Are Not Limited To Performs complex analysis work, identifies design problems, and resolves problems Provide machine-level structural simulation to achieve durability targets for new product development programs Provides data processing of test data for the objective of validating simulation models Contributes to the concept, development, and design of complex components, subsystems, or processes Key areas of responsibility encountered in this role may include any or all the following: Keep up to date on new technologies or develop new technologies. Communicate technical information to customers, team members, suppliers, and other units. Support and advise other engineers, managers, marketing personnel, customers, and suppliers Provide Python scripting for automated data processing, visualizations, and machine learning Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science field plus 9+ years of experience; OR Master’s degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science field plus 6+ years of experience Progressive Engineering Work Experience Required Proficiency with FE simulations and fatigue analysis Proficiency with machine level simulations and multibody dynamics Top Candidates will also have Excellent analytical skillsAbility to perform complex assignmentsSelf-starter with strong technical leadership skillsAbility to communicate technical information effectively with team members and others in the workgroup, as well as employees in other units, customers, and suppliers Excellent verbal and written communication skills Experience in structural simulation Prior experience working within a new product development program. Ability to multitask and adjust to changing priorities as needs arise Additional Information The location of this position is Champaign, IL. Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position. This position will require less than 10% travel. Visa sponsorship is available for this position. Employee benefit details Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date). Final details Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. 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