Senior Test & Validation Engineer (NVH & Engine Components)

Caterpillar; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. seeks Sr. Associate Engineer-Test/Validation at its Chillicothe, IL facility.

Develop, plan, execute, and manage validation activities through on-machine and bench testing of various heavy equipment components. Perform tests utilizing acceleration, strain, displacement, temperature, pressure, motion, load, and torque transducers through data acquisition systems. NVH analysis interprets measurements and generates reports.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Materials Science plus 1 year of dynamic test and analysis experience.
• In the alternative, a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Materials Science plus 3 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, execute and manage validation activities for heavy equipment components.
• Perform on-machine and bench testing with various transducers and data systems.
• Use NVH analysis to interpret vibration measurements and generate reports.
• Collaborate with design and simulation teams on NPIs and CPI issues.
• Support project planning, hardware prep, data collection, and report generation.
• Travel up to 25% domestically to test engines at Caterpillar sites and customer locations.

Skills

Digital Signal Processing

Experimental modal analysis

Data acquisition systems

Strain gage-based measurements

Material fatigue analysis

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Materials Science

or Bachelor's in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Materials Science + 3 years' experience

Tools

DSP software

NVH analysis tooling

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. seeks Sr. Associate Engineer-Test/Validation at its Chillicothe, IL facility.

Develop, plan, execute, and manage validation activities through on-machine and bench testing of various heavy equipment components. Perform tests utilizing acceleration, strain, displacement, temperature, pressure, motion, load, and torque transducers through data acquisition systems. NVH analysis interprets measurements and generates reports.