Job Description:
This is a design position on the Wheeled Product Engineering (WPE) Light Fabrications team that supports Hard Rock Vehicles (HRV) product. The HRV product line consists of both underground mining loaders and trucks. Both new product design and design improvements to current products are in scope for all the major light fabrications subsystems (e.g. access systems, hoods, fenders, platforms, fuel tanks, guards, and enclosures). The type of component-level design in scope includes complex fabricated steel structures/weldments, bolted assemblies and non-metallic components. The engineering disciplines applicable include machine design, strength of materials, structural fatigue, advanced bolted joint design, and noise/vibration/harshness (NVH). Able to co-ordinate and liaise between WPE teams and Factory including suppliers.
Job Duties:
* APQP quality management – Co-ordinate between engineering, manufacturing teams and suppliers to support gathering requirements, facilitate TFC discussions and PPAP development.
* Cost-Value Management - Apply business fundamentals in making engineering decisions to drive value for the customer and Caterpillar.
* Data Analysis & Extraction - Analyze data to provide recommendations, and when necessary, extract data required to confirm conclusions or results.
* Conceptual Design - Think, manipulate, and communicate in virtual or theoretical terms, which results in optimized designs.
* Product Development - Use the standard product development engineering processes to consistently deliver a product that meets time, cost, and quality commitments and enables upstream and downstream users to meet their program commitments efficiently and effectively.
* Failure Prevention & Resolution – Place priority on preventing failures using available processes and tools, and when necessary, quickly identify root cause of failures and suggest robust solutions.
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) in an accredited Engineering, or Materials Science curriculum and 3+ years of progressive engineering experience, or 7+ years of progressive engineering experience.
The Top Candidates will also have:
* Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree.
* Previous experience designing fabricated components.
* Demonstrated ability to work well in collaborative environment and to communicate effectively in cross functional teams.
* Experience collaborating with suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturability.
* Experience directing the work of other design and detailing resources to achieve design goals.
* Proficiency with solid modeling software (Creo preferred).
* Experience performing component level FEA (Creo Simulate preferred).
* Experience working on APQP.
* Hands-on experience (e.g. machinery, heavy equipment, manufacturing processes, welding, etc.)