Electrical Design Engineer - Electric Power

Caterpillar

Griffin (GA)

On-site

USD 98,000 - 146,000

Full time

2 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off plan

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Design Engineer for the Griffin, GA area. You will lead electrical sub-system design, development, and validation to meet customer expectations and regulatory requirements in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.

The role requires collaboration with a global team, oversight of technical activities from requirements through implementation, and ongoing support for product maintenance and continuous improvement

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required in Engineering – Electrical/Electronics or Electrical Engineering Technology.
Experience with ProE/Creo electrical programs.
Experience with electrical codes (UL, NEC, CSA) preferred.
Experience in engine or genset electrical design, enclosure electrical layout, engine or genset controller development preferred.
DC/AC power distribution experience preferred.
Diesel engine/genset development preferred.
FMEA development experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the global team to develop new products, sub-systems, and components.
Provide technical guidance on regulatory, product and customer requirements; support new ideas.
Communicate results to global customers, suppliers, and cross‑functional teams.
Assess trade-offs between time, resources, and quality with stakeholders.

Skills

Technical excellence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering – Electrical/Electronics/Electrical Engineering Technology

Tools

ProE/Creo electrical programs

Job description

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.

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

About Caterpillar’s Electric Power Division (EPD):

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world‑class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Job Summary:

The Electric Power Division is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Design Engineer to join the North American Diesel Solutions Engineering team in Griffin, Georgia. This role offers the opportunity to develop innovative electrical subsystem solutions for industry-leading products while working in a fast‑paced, customer‑focused engineering environment. As an Electrical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development, and validation of electrical subsystems that meet customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and business objectives. The successful candidate will lead technical activities from requirements definition through product implementation while supporting ongoing product maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives.

What You Will Do:

Work with the global team in the development of new products, sub-systems, and components.
Provide technical guidance on regulatory requirements, product requirements, customer requirements, and development of new ideas.
Communicate results to global customers, suppliers, team members, and representatives from other business units.
Acknowledge and raise customer’s and management’s awareness of trade‑offs between time, resources, and quality.

What You Will Have:

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Level Working Knowledge:

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.
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Extensive Experience:

Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
Computer‑Aided Design & Engineering: Knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.

Level Extensive Experience:

Coaches others on orthographic, isometric and axonometric projections.
Presents complex products and systems graphically.
Performs manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers.
Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space.
Consults on benefits and drawbacks of top‑down design vs. bottom‑up design.
Compares and contrasts uses of bird's-eye views and worm's-eye views.
Product Design - MFG: Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.

Level Extensive Experience:

Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality.
Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.
Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.
Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.
Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.
Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.
Product Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.

Level Working Knowledge:

Builds three‑dimensional models with basic materials.
Communicates with professionals to understand various requirements of product design.
Tests and evaluates alternative means of production being considered for use.
Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.
Assists in building a complex prototype of product.

Degree Requirement:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering - Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology curriculum.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

Experience with ProE/Creo electrical programs.
Experience with electrical codes (UL, NEC, CSA) preferred.
Experience in engine or genset electrical design, enclosure electrical layout, engine or genset controller development preferred.
AC power distribution experience preferred.
DC system design experience preferred.
Experience with diesel engine/genset development preferred.
FMEA development experience preferred.

Additional Information:

This position is located in Griffin, GA.
Travel up to 10% is required.
Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.
Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.
This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

Final Details:

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

Summary Pay Range:

$97,530.00 - $146,290.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.