Diesel Aftertreatment Performance Engineer

Job Title: Diesel Aftertreatment Performance Engineer/Engineer Product II Control Systems and Automation 39367 John Deere

Job Description:

Major purpose:

• Plans coordinates and performs product design testing and/or analysis work for a complete project of moderate scope or for a significant portion or a subsystem of a major and diverse project.
• Operates in a team environment providing input to design solutions and participating in design reviews.
• May assign coordinate and review portions of the work to support personnel.
• Decisions are made within established guidelines and may be reviewed by supervisors.

Major Duties:

• Contribute to the analysis of information and the specification of the methods and process steps as well as the plant machinery and equipment required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
• Contribute to the development of and implement feasibility testing of proposed engineering solutions to provide feedback and data to validate the design.
• Contribute to the analysis of information the drafting of engineering standards and specifications and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers contractors and consultants.
• Carry out inspections under the supervision of senior colleagues to evaluate the quality of engineering works and/or the integrity of existing installations or structures and make recommendations to senior colleagues on the remedial works needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Identify shortcomings in existing processes systems and procedures and use established change management programs to address them.
• Deliver small or mediumscale projects while working within an established program management plan.
• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Maintain an understanding of relevant technology external regulation and industry best practices through ongoing education attending conferences and reading specialist media.
• Work collaboratively with other professional teams and over organizational boundaries to ensure service users experience cohesive and seamless support to meet their needs.
• Create and maintain complex technical and/or user documentation to a high standard and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.

Skills Abilities Knowledge:

• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on how to get results using new and advanced engineering technologies.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance as needed on executing engineering designs using the appropriate methods tools processes and software.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance as needed on achieving engineering development targets using appropriate methods tools processes and software.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on producing technical engineering specifications and related materials.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on testing evaluating and improving engineering outcomes.
• Builds engineering solutions without supervision and provides technical guidance on these solutions as needed.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on implementing engineering designs evaluating outcomes and then making improvements as needed.
• Manages and applies safe systems of work without supervision and provides technical guidance when required.
• Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on identifying assessing prioritizing and managing projectrelated risks.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on measuring and reporting progress toward intermediate targets to make sure a project stays on track to achieve its ultimate goals.
• Works with full competence to identify verify and manage changes to the scope of the project or program utilizing the most appropriate approach. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analyzing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
• Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to manage projects and/or programs within desired cost time and quality parameters.
• Works at an intermediate level to build the structure and culture of the project team and define roles and responsibilities within that structure to enable the achievement of project mission and objectives and the effective operation of key business processes. Typically works with guidance.

Education:

• Bachelors Degree or Equivalent Level

Specific Position Requirements

Your Responsibilities:

• As an Aftertreatment Performance Analysis Engineer Contingent for client Power Systems located in Waterloo IA you will
• Develop and validate 1D chemical kinetic models for relevant aftertreatment components such as Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Ammonia Oxidation Catalyst (AOC) DOC catalyzed DPF (DOCF) etc.
• Initiate plan coordinate and perform analysis projects using 1D aftertreatment models and other supporting models to investigate current and future emissions reduction techniques
• Maintain an understanding of aftertreatment devices and emission reduction strategies for diesel and alternative fuel engines
• Provide well thought out documentation on analysis process results and setup procedures ensure consistent and highquality models to support deployment

What Skills You Need:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 1 or more years of experience working with aftertreatment components and system analysis
• 1 or more years of experience in engineering model development
• Fundamental understanding of chemical reaction mechanism fluid dynamics heat transfer and computer programming

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Master of Science engineering degree or higher
• Model development experience with GTSuite and Matlab/Simulink
• Industrial experience in heavy duty diesel engines aftertreatment and emission development

Education:

• Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:
• Bachelors degree in chemical engineering or others with aftertreatment modeling experiences

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