Senior Engineer, Electrification & Design

Caterpillar; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

HSA

FSAs

Paid time off

Career development

Job summary

Caterpillar seeks a Senior Engineer - Design - Electrification to conceive and direct advanced electrification system designs at the Chillicothe, IL facility. You will lead analysis, simulations, and testing, coordinating with plants and engineering teams to meet development milestones.

The role requires a Master’s in Electrical Engineering and hands-on experience with DC-DC, DC-AC, and power electronics, with domestic travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with AutoCAD/Bluebeam for schematics.
• Design and development of DC-DC, AC-DC, and DC-AC converters.
• Circuit simulations using MATLAB/Simulink, PSpice, LTspice, or PSIM.
• Selection and evaluation of power semiconductor devices including IGBTs, MOSFETs, and SiC/GaN.
• Compliant with NEC, EPA, SAE J1995, OSHA, IEC, ROHS and UL.
• Up to 1.5kV converter design and architecture.
• Rectifiers, Transformers (Dry and wet), Batteries (NMC and LFP).
• PVsyst/etap for incident and short-circuit analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conceive and direct design of electrification systems.
• Lead and coordinate design, analysis, and tests.
• Prepare development plans and meet project milestones.
• Interact with plants and engineering departments to ensure progress.
• Resolve design and manufacturing problems for reliability and manufacturability.
• Travel to Caterpillar plants, dealerships, and job sites as required (up to 10% domestic).

Skills

Master's degree

DC-DC converters

AC-DC converters

DC-AC converters

Power electronics

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

PSpice

LTspice

PSIM

AutoCAD/Bluebeam

Job description

Caterpillar seeks a Senior Engineer - Design - Electrification to conceive and direct advanced electrification system designs at the Chillicothe, IL facility. You will lead analysis, simulations, and testing, coordinating with plants and engineering teams to meet development milestones.

The role requires a Master’s in Electrical Engineering and hands-on experience with DC-DC, DC-AC, and power electronics, with domestic travel up to 10%.