Senior Engineering Fellow

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Job Title: Senior Engineering Fellow

Salary: From 95291

Location: Stafford Staffordshire UK

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave

• Up to 31% Bonus

• Car Allowance 725 pcm

• Private Medical Healthcare

• Equity Options

• Contributory pension scheme Caterpillar will double the employees contribution Up to 10%

• Contributory share scheme Caterpillar will match 50% of the employees contribution.

• Optional flexible benefits including access to family health and dental care plans EV car lease holiday purchase.

About LPSD

Caterpillar Large Power Systems Division (LPSD) designs and manufactures diesel and sparkignited engines ranging from 400 kilowatts to 16 megawatts of power as well as the key engine systems such as fuel air aftertreatment and cooling which are used to power Oil & Gas Electric Power Marine Rail Industrial and CAT Machine applications around the world.

The Opportunity

Join our team as a Senior Engineering Fellow where youll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of engine engineering. This individual contributor position offers broad technical input and accountability working closely with the Chief Engineer to oversee major technical product decisions. Your deep technical knowledge of engine engineering and best practices will be crucial in delivering products that meet customer needs for cost performance durability reliability and quality.

As a Senior Engineering Fellow youll support the Product Manager in translating customer needs into programme targets and setting the technical and architectural vision for the product line. Youll guide the engineering team through setbased development to manage risk and ensure technical success meeting program dates and cost and quality targets.

Mentorship is a key aspect of this role as youll develop the next generation of engineers within the product group. Youll also build and leverage networks across Caterpillar and external stakeholders including customers suppliers academia and various internal teams.

Your contributions will drive continuous improvement in the NPI engine development process tools techniques and team capabilities maximizing the effectiveness of current product support mechanisms.

If youre passionate about engineering leadership and innovation and ready to make a significant impact we invite you to apply for the Senior Engineering Fellow position.

What You Will Do

• Ensure that the appropriate level of engineering rigour is applied to new product introduction projects and current product improvement activities. This includes both engineering content as well as applying engineering best practices to mitigate risks and maximise opportunities.

• Lead earlystage new technology demonstration projects where you will be required to convert customer requirements established by the Product Manager and Product team into product concepts and solutions establishing value targets for all major systems as well as project timing.

• Through setbased development support the engineering team to select and develop the technologies that will be used in final production being ultimately responsible for the technical success of the product and as such responsible for ensuring product development projects meet their program dates cost objectives and quality targets.

• Mentor and develop the next generation of engineers within the product group.

• In many instances lead product design process design and research of products components or systems; accountable for other significant activities including product reliability and product support.

• Play a significant role as a thoughtleader in product strategy play an active part in workforce planning and work with customers to determine needs and resolve problems.

• Build both internal and external networks that can be leveraged to achieve the objectives of this role and of the wider business. Including compatriots in other Caterpillar groups as well as external suppliers universities regulators etc.

• Ensure a longrange focus on business strategy and planning for technology product families and entire major processes and services; planning for future resources and developing capabilities in terms of people technology and facilities; consciously establishing a culture encouraging innovation partnering and collaborative relationships and a customer focus

Additional Information

• Some global travel

• This role is based in the office 5 days per week

What You Will Have

Significant level of industry experience (internal and external) with clearly demonstrating progressively increasing levels of responsibility

Products and Services: knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.

• Experience with Industry Product Development System (i.e. APQP FMEA etc.)

• Deep product development expertise and indepth product knowledge plus ever increasing skills in visioning strategic planning and coaching and leading people as well as ability to integrate major operations technologies products and diverse strategies.

Effective Communications: understanding of effective communication concepts tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviours.

• Excellent communicator and strategic thinker; technically credible keeping abreast of technology changes while depending on staff for the technical depth and breadth; and needs a breadth of knowledge and experience including products processes design and evaluation and organization vision procedures and policies.

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

• Deep technical expertise within engine and engine systems products groups their applications and their customers as well as expert knowledge of the Caterpillar Product Development System (or equivalent).

• External experiences across a range of industries will be beneficial in ensuring a customerback mindset to product development and problem solving

• Technical degree with an advanced technical degree desired

Influencing Through Expertise: knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.

• Understands the business and its impact on the customers business and needs dealing with a global marketplace both in terms of customers and in terms of sourcing suppliers production and talent.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches tools and techniques; ability to anticipate detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.

Top candidates will also:

• Have comprehensive Caterpillar engine system experience

• Have experience with endcustomer applications

• Benefit from external experience and insights into the future energy technologies paths and macro trends

• Understand key insights relating to the adoption of alternative fuels and integration with electrification technologies

• Build collaborative relationships across a matrix organization

• Be a strategic thinker

• Benefit from external work experience across industries or customer bases

About Caterpillar:

Caterpillar Inc. is the worlds leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment offhighway diesel and natural gas engines industrial gas turbines and dieselelectric locomotives. For nearly 100 years weve been helping customers build a better more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reducedcarbon future. Our innovative products and services backed by our global dealer network provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. #LI

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