Senior Test & Validation Engineer – Electrification

Career Area:
Engineering

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining 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't just 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.

About IDES:

Integrated Drivetrain Energy Solutions (IDES) is a cross-functional organization focused on the development, integration, and execution of advanced electrified drivetrain, battery, charging, power conversion, and energy management solutions. IDES brings together engineering, program management, product support, and business stakeholders to deliver integrated energy solutions that support Caterpillar's electrification strategy and customer applications.

We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. We need self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.

Job Summary:

Caterpillar’s IDES Division is looking for a Senior Test & Validation Engineer – Electrification to lead validation across multiple new product development and new technology investigation projects. The successful candidate will own validation planning and execution for both new product introduction (NPI) and in-production product improvement projects, from defining what needs to be validated through coordinating testing with internal and external labs. The role combines technical coordination, project execution, vendor management, and ownership of safe validation practices to ensure reliable, safe, and effective testing of innovative energy and powertrain solutions.

Additional Information:

- This position is located in Mossville, IL.
- Domestic travel up to 10% is required.
- Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.
- Visa sponsorship is NOT offered for this position.
- This position is based in office, 5 days per week.

What you will do:

- Plan, lead and execute validation projects
- Determine how, what and when to execute validation projects with other teams/labs
- Collaborate with system and subsystem team members, as well as internal and external test facilities, to complete validation and certifications
- Coordinate the execution of the FMEA and Validation Planning Workshop process
- Maintain and regularly report out on product validation schedule and status to validation leadership
- Contribute to the analysis of test failure discoveries and facilitate the verification of NPI issue resolution
- Build relationships and leverage business unit and corporate validation experts
- Champion our enterprise values, create vision and deliver on commitments

What you will have:

- Experience in leading projects, working with internal and external test facilities, coordinating contractors and parts procurement
- Troubleshooting hardware/software, hands on experience
- Experience with translating requirements to test plans, project leadership, managing multiple projects

Degree Requirement:

- Bachelor’s degree in accredited Engineering field, Mechanical or Electrical

Product Testing: Extensive 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.

• Coordinates execution of test plans, including resources, strategy, schedules, processes and tools.

• Collaborates with design team to ensure testing considerations are incorporated into system design.

• Recommends tools and techniques for automating, simplifying and enhancing product testing.

• Compares and contrasts alternative testing methodologies and tools.

• Matches testing methodology and tools to product being tested; develops test scenarios and scripts.

• Estimates time, effort and resources required for thorough testing.

Technical Excellence: Extensive knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

• Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.

• Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

• Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

• Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.

• Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

• Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Extensive experience and understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

• Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.

• Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.

• Productively balances speed and accuracy.

• Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.

• Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.

• Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Extensive knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.

• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.

• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.

• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.

• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.

• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Extensive knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.

• Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.

• Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.

• Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.

• Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.

• Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.

• Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.

Top Candidates will have:

- Experience in power conversion, high voltage systems, electrical work and understanding

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