Instrumentation Manager: Lead Test Data & Tech Teams (Onsite)

Caterpillar Inc.; Clayton (NC); Presencial; USD 128.000 - 193.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Relocation assistance

On-site role

Career development

Descripción de la vacante

Caterpillar Inc. in Clayton, NC (or Sanford, NC) seeks an Instrumentation Manager to lead technicians across CMDC and SMDC, shaping instrumentation strategy and capabilities for next‑generation construction equipment.

You will oversee calibration, measurement traceability, equipment readiness, and data integrity while partnering with test, engineering, operations, and EHS teams to drive NPI and CPI programs. This onsite role emphasizes safety, accuracy, and continuous improvement.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or an associate degree in a technical field with 6+ years of experience in testing, validation, or product development.
• Strong working knowledge of sensors, instrumentation, data acquisition, calibration, measurement traceability, and data verification.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing technicians or technical support teams.
• Ability to balance daily execution with long-term capability needs using data, risk, and stakeholder input.
• Proven ability to resolve equipment downtime, setup issues, sensor failures, calibration concerns, and data-quality problems.
• Customer-focused communication and cross-site collaboration skills.
• Experience delivering technical projects across locations while managing cost, schedule, and resources.

Responsabilidades

• Lead, coach, and develop instrumentation technicians across CMDC and SMDC with clear expectations.
• Plan workload, setup schedules, bay space, equipment availability, and cross-site resource sharing.
• Standardize instrumentation methods, documentation, calibration, data verification, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Manage sensors, data acquisition systems, calibration status, inventory, and related equipment.
• Own ISO 17025 and quality-system compliance including calibration traceability and documentation.
• Communicate resource constraints, equipment concerns, schedule risks, and data-quality issues to internal customers.
• Build and maintain standard work, training materials, onboarding plans, and troubleshooting guides.
• Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, readiness, and setup efficiency.
• Plan capital and expense investments for sensors and test equipment, coordinating procurement.
• Turn lessons learned into lasting process and technical improvements.

Conocimientos

Sensors & instrumentation

Data acquisition

Calibration

Measurement traceability

Test setup

Troubleshooting

Data verification

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Associate degree in a technical field with 6+ years experience

Herramientas

DEWESoft

HBM/HBK eDAQ

Power BI

LENS

Validation Manager Workflow

Descripción del empleo

Caterpillar Inc. in Clayton, NC (or Sanford, NC) seeks an Instrumentation Manager to lead technicians across CMDC and SMDC, shaping instrumentation strategy and capabilities for next‑generation construction equipment.

You will oversee calibration, measurement traceability, equipment readiness, and data integrity while partnering with test, engineering, operations, and EHS teams to drive NPI and CPI programs. This onsite role emphasizes safety, accuracy, and continuous improvement.