Electrical Engineer 2

Overview

On Site
Full Time
Part Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2

Skills

New product introduction
Team leadership
Electrical engineering
Test equipment
Project implementation
Electronic troubleshooting
Heavy equipment
Data collection
SANS
Regulatory Compliance
Motivation
Forecasting
Reporting
Training
Mechanical engineering
Electrical wiring
Microsoft Excel
Adobe
Testing
Instrumentation
Metrology

Job Details

Location: Peoria, IL - Hybrid

Duration: Full time

Position's Contributions to Work Group:

  • 80% of time spent to perform maintenance tasks on existing tooling (updates for compliance, obsolescence, etc.).
  • Complete differing levels of engineering work as it relates to complex electrical service tooling.
  • Introduce new tooling solutions as required.

Reason/motivation for request:

New position to provide additional support for current engineering needs.

  • Primary workload is aligned to support of existing products.
  • New product introduction is forecast to increase in coming years.

Typical task breakdown:

  • Correction of existing tooling issues in multiple areas, can be updating an existing tool for compliance regulations, or for replacing existing tooling with replacement tooling.
  • Creation of electrical tooling as requests come in from dealers or machine product groups.

Interaction with team:

  • Daily interaction with engineering team lead to report project progress and for training.
  • Daily interaction with other electrical engineering team members to understand process execution and best practices.
  • Occasional interaction with other teams within Caterpillar and/or Suppliers as required for project work.

Work environment:

  • 3 days in the office, 2 remote once candidate is trained. Subject to change at any time due to needs of a project or executive direction.
  • Working in office environment, Electrical Lab and Mechanical lab as needed.

Education & Experience Required:

  • Bachelor's degree with 2-4 years hands on experience.

Technical Skills (Required)

  • Ability to understand complex wiring circuits for test equipment and machines.
  • Ability to read prints and understand requirements needed to produce parts.
  • Basic computer software knowledge, Excel, Word, Adobe, etc.
  • Project execution to a developed plan.
  • Electrical troubleshooting experience on various circuits and components.
  • Experience installing/working with harnesses on various applications (knows best practices).
  • Testing of various components.

(Desired)

  • Background in test, preferably on heavy equipment, industrial, automotive.
  • Experience using instrumentation voltmeters, scopes, metrology, data collection devices.