Hydraulic Cylinders Design Engineer

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Job Summary:

Caterpillars Global Hydraulics Organization within Integrated Components & Solutions Division (ICS) is seeking an engineer to lead the design & development of hydraulic cylinders and all associated subcomponents such as pistons rods tubes heads caps and overall sealing system for Caterpillar products.The successful candidate will be highly engaged with the global product development team to deliver world class hydraulic cylinder products optimized for customer requirements. The position requires complimentary technical commercial and project leadership skills to complete tasks such as defining application and component requirements analysis of risk and FMEAs developing project plans completing design and detailed drawings and coordinating validation plans with supplier or CAT teams who will conduct the work. Job responsibilities also involve detailed analysis of test results or inspection details may be required to ensure design met customer requirements risks are mitigated technical information is reviewed and archived documenting conclusions & recommendations in design reviews and providing updates in team stakeholder meetings.

What You Will Do:

Design responsibility for hydraulic cylinder & suspension products; accountable for meeting customer expectations for product cost quality and delivery (for example)

Contribute to multiple New Product Introduction (NPI) cylinder development projects New Technology Integration (NTI) projects and product cost/quality improvement projects

Conduct Concept and Detailed Design Reviews with the Global Engineering teams

Collaborate with the Global/Regional purchasing and manufacturing facility teams to support the product quality & cost targets supplier process audit sourcing PPAP/APQP process validation

Troubleshoot field failures Warranty claims factory issues

Responsible for detailed drawing release and maintenance conduct continuous product and process development and manage the product Bill of material

Aligned objectives with product groups suppliers and manufacturing process partners

Education Requirement:

Bachelors degree or higher in accredited Engineering field (preferably Mechanical)

What Skills You Will Have:

Analytical Thinking:
Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
Quantifies the costs benefits risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

Effective Communications:
Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
Looks for and considers nonverbal cues from individuals and groups.

Managing Multiple Priorities:
Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.
Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals.
Completes current work according to assigned priorities.
Responds to daytoday operational priorities while still making progress on project work.
Performs at least 23 concurrent activities without reducing productivity.

Technical Excellence:
Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence effectively examining implications of events and issues.
Effectively performs the technical job aspects continuously building knowledge and keeping uptodate on technical and procedural job components.
Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products technologies and services.
Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in ones general area of technical competence.
Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.

ComputerAided Design & Engineering:
Coaches others on orthographic isometric and axonometric projections.
Presents complex products and systems graphically.
Performs manipulations on design objects such as changing projections and managing drawing layers.
Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space.
Consults on benefits and drawbacks of topdown design vs. bottomup design.
Compares and contrasts uses of birdseye views and wormseye views.

Product Design MFG:
Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality.
Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.
Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.
Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.
Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.
Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.

Product Design and Development:
Builds threedimensional models with basic materials.
Communicates with professionals to understand various requirements of product design.
Tests and evaluates alternative means of production being considered for use.
Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.
Assists in building a complex prototype of product.

Top candidates will have:

Masters degree (or equivalent) in an accredited Engineering curriculum

Component design expertise on mining and construction equipment

Familiarity with cylinder component suppliers and manufacturing processes

The ability to work/lead multiple projects simultaneously and to make sound priority decisions

A sense of urgency balanced with a strong commitment to quality

Due to collaboration with global product development teams available for flexible work hours

Experience 2 years of hydraulics industry experience

Strong analytical skills & experience in designing the components to meet the machine system performance requirements and cost targets.

Experience in Project management hands on Creo Tolerance Stackup and GD&T

The ability to effectively develop and manage project plans from concept to production

Ability to communicate technical information effectively with team members and process partners

Additional Information

The location for this position is Mossville IL.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position may require up to 10 travel.

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage because we value your performance we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
• Medical dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation Holiday Volunteer Etc.
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and longterm disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

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