Senior Associate Engineer

Agma; East Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar in East Peoria, IL is seeking a Drivetrain Gear Design Engineer to own the full lifecycle of a family of gears, supporting New Product Introduction, Current Product Improvement, and New Source Introduction with emphasis on cost and quality. You will collaborate with customers, suppliers and internal manufacturing to achieve robust design solutions.

This role develops component design and manufacturing skills, working with marketing, purchasing and manufacturing to drive design

Qualifications

• Information capture techniques to document business information.
• Ability to design, implement and evaluate SOPs to boost efficiency.
• Analytical thinking to identify root causes and develop solutions.
• Effective communication concepts to clearly convey ideas and needs.
• DFM knowledge to optimize product designs for manufacturability.
• Engineering in manufacturing to design and implement processes delivering objectives.
• Knowledge of product testing approaches to ensure quality across manufacturing.
• Troubleshooting to anticipate and resolve technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Create new designs and ensure manufacturing readiness.
• Adopt new technologies and processes to improve efficiency and quality.
• Plan and improve procedures to enhance reliability and cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborate across marketing, purchasing and manufacturing to meet customer requirements.

Skills

Information Capture

Standard Operating Procedures

Analytical Thinking

Effective Communications

Design for Manufacturability

Engineering – Manufacturing

Product Testing

Troubleshooting Technical Problems

Job description

When you join Caterpillar , you’rejoining 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’tjust 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.

As a Drivetrain Gear Design Engineer you will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of your family of gears. This role supports New Product Introduction, Current Product Improvement, New Source Introduction as well as all levels of the cost and quality of your own design controls. You will work with customers, suppliers and internal manufacturing of the components to achieve the highest result of those quality and cost levels. This role develops component design and manufacturing skills.

What you will do

• Creating new designs and resolves issues regarding the manufacturing or building sequences. Ensuring design acceptance and manufacturing readiness.
• Participating in the adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing software, etc.) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement.
• Planning and improving engineering procedures and operations to make the product or process more reliable, efficient and cost-effective.
• Collaborating with all functional areas, (marketing, purchasing, manufacturing) to provide a design solution that meets the requirements of the customer and dealer network.

Skills you must have

• Information Capture: Knowledge of the methods, channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify, capture and document relevant business information in an auditable, organized, understandable and easily retrievable manner.
• Standard Operating Procedures: Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design, implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations in order to increase operational efficiency.
• 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.
• Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Knowledge of design for manufacturability guidelines, methodologies, and use cases; ability to use this knowledge to optimize product designs and manufacturing operations.
• Engineering – Manufacturing: Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.
• Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
• Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.