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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
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Caterpillar Inc. seeks EngineerPerf/Sim/App Diesel & Electrification at its facility located at 2427 E. Engine Drive Chillicothe IL 61523. Accountable to provide plan and execute structural simulations of designs to validation the expanding portfolio of electrification cooling systems. Simulationled design and validation is especially critical to enable robust product development for the fastpaced cooling electrification programs that include significant new content and complex system interactions. The engineer will execute planned simulations for electrification projects across various Caterpillar platforms. Primary responsibility is to use highend finite element analysis (FEA) for virtual design and validation contributing to the overall project plan. The engineer will provide analysis and simulation to develop and deploy technologies for battery / fuel cell thermal management. The engineer must have good communication skills to effectively collaborate with various product development teams to deliver validated design solutions to our challenging program deliverables and timelines simultaneously. The position includes strong collaboration with our design system and validation partners. Create and use FEA models either individually or in collaboration with supplier firms. Log quality issues and arrange for corrections to models. Contribute to and participate in peer reviews. Perform model setup submit jobs to highperformance computing cluster. Perform simulations of static modal dynamic and steady state heat transfer. Develop understanding of design capacity for strength and fatigue. Author reports containing assumptions models and results. Draw conclusions and make recommendations to design system and validation partners. Contribute to improvements in simulation methods and processes. REQS: This position requires a bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Automotive Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Petroleum Engineering or a related field plus 3 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer Automotive Engineer or related occupation. In the alternative the employer will also accept a masters degree or foreign equivalent in Automotive Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Petroleum Engineering or a related field plus 2 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer Automotive Engineer or related occupation. Additionally the applicant must have employment experience with: 1 Finite element model (FEM) building in Hypermesh by Altair or NX by Siemens; 2 Simulation of complex mechanical systems using linear and nonlinear solvers such as ANSYS NASTRAN or Abaqus; and 3 Data analysis skills to correlate FEM results to measured test data. Telecommuting: 40 Telecommuting Allowed.
Summary Pay Range:
$100298.00 $143520.00
Compensation and benefits may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market location jobrelated knowledge skills individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility terms and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
* These benefits also apply to parttime employees
Applicants who are interested in this position should apply via search EngineerPerf/Sim/App Diesel & Electrification / Reference # R. #LIDNI
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer such as H L TN F J E O. As a global company Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at Dates:April 11 2025 August 10 2025Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
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