VPD Engineer (W2)

Story Behind the Need Business Group & Key Projects

• Position s Contributions to Work Group
• Team culture
• Surrounding team & key projects
• Purpose of this team
• Reason for the request

Position s Contributions to Work Group:

This is a highly technical leadership role that is required to be co-located with MTES, PVS organization and Proving Grounds. Leading close collaboration efforts with various teams and participating in testing at Proving Grounds are critical.

Position plays a key role in improving R&E efficiency for Caterpillar organization by driving synergies between base machine development and Autonomous development. Will work on multiple NPI programs with multi-year outlook to develop efficient validation plans.

A Senior Test Engineer Retiree or a Senior Performance/Controls/VPD Engineer Retiree would be Ideal for the role.

Reason/motivation for request:

• New headcount

Typical Day or Week in the Role

• Typical task breakdown and rhythm
• Interaction level with team
• Work environment description

Typical task breakdown:

• Work with various L6-L8 teams to understand configuration variations and developing detailed strategic test plans to minimize repetition of tests on multiple machines as well as repetition of tests
• Understand the current TPG testing/tuning activities and develop clear requirements for VPD, SIL and HIL with the objective to reduce/eliminate the TPG testing/tuning activities for multiple in-progress/future programs
• Participate in validation workshops for AHS as well as base machine programs and provide data collection requirements for model correlation
• Support controls and software validation activities for various programs as needed

Interaction with team:

• 3-5 member team; working with other business units within CAT and internal teams.

Work environment:

• Will be in office 3-5 days a week

Candidate Requirements

• Years of experience required
• Degrees or certifications required
• Disqualifiers
• Performance indicators

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree in Engineering, Physics, CS or related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years in this capacity is a must
• No cap on experience

Technical Skills

(Required)

• Previous CAT experience is a must!
• Experience with machine controls, software, testing and simulation methods

(Desired)

• Caterpillar Large Mining Trucks and Off Highway trucks knowledge. Preferably at machine level or system integration level.
• Expertise / Understanding of machine performance, controls and software development
• Some expertise in Caterpillar Dynasty tool
• Some understanding of truck applications
• Some understanding of Autonomous operations

Soft Skills

(Required)

• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Pro-active problem solver

Disqualifiers/Red Flags:

• No bachelors degree is an automatic DQ