Electrical Engineer 4

Job Title: Electrical Engineer 4

Duration: 12 months Contract with possible extension

Location: Tucson, AZ Onsite role

Relocation: Fine with Relocation Candidates

Note: Please look for a wire harness design engineer with 8 years of experience with Creo, Teamcenter.

Position's Contributions to Work Group:

• Rigid Frame Truck Electrical Installation Team for Large Mining Trucks designs and supports electrical harnessing, cables, and associated hardware for the mining trucks tested in Tucson and built in Decatur, IL. The team's design work is a blend of mechanical and electrical components. The core design team is in Tucson, AZ.
• Responsible for using Creo and Electric Lines and Pro Cabling for the routing harnesses for Large Mining Trucks. Supporting the detailing and checking of prints. Supporting other engineering responsibilities such as cost rollups, FMEA, APQP, etc.
• Requires good communication skills for working with peers and product group to develop and review designs.

Candidate Value Proposition

Why Caterpillar?

• For this role within your business group what stands out about this opportunity (ex exposure, skill development, etc)? Why Caterpillar? "Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Caterpillar. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Caterpillar travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters."

Why this Role Stands Out?

• This role directly supports the CAT Electrical Install team for Large Mining trucks. In this role you will gain valuable experience in collaborating with a highly performing electrical installation team.
• End-to-end ownership: From concept to production, be involved in every stage of the design lifecycle.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with manufacturing, suppliers, and purchasing to optimize performance, quality, and cost.
• Able to gain some hands-on experience with heavy equipment at the Tucson Proving Grounds and/or Decatur, IL manufacturing facility.
• Growth & impact: Contribute to high-impact mining applications.

Typical task breakdown:

• Design wire harness routings, support detailing, and checking prints.
• Prepare and present at design reviews.
• Ensure designs follow Caterpillar design guides and best practices.
• Collaborate with suppliers.
• Support, cost rollups, FMEA, TFCs, Supplier collaboration, etc.

Interaction with team:

• Frequent collaboration with team members in Tucson or other offices.
• Will be collaborating with various other engineers in different functional areas, most of which are also located in the Tucson office.

Team Structure:

• Local Tucson team includes around 12 engineers including two team leaders.
• Offshore resources utilized for most of the drawing detailing work.

Work Environment:

- Mostly in office (80%+).

- The Tucson Mining Center (TMC) office was newly constructed and opened a few years ago.

- Occasional visits to Tucson Proving Grounds (TPG) and Decatur, IL manufacturing facility.

Education & Experience Required:

• Years of experience: 8+ yr
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's degree in Accredited Engineering program (Mechanical or Electrical is preferred)
• Not open to associates degrees
• Master's Degree and/or PHD can be considered
• Do you accept internships as job experience: No
• Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role: Senior Design Engineer

Top 3 Skills

• Mechanical and/or Electrical Product design experience. Extensive Creo, Teamcenter, and/or Fluid lines experience.
• Ability to deeply collaborate with other design engineers and functional areas.
• Attention to detail and ensure designs follow Caterpillar design guides and best practices while also acting with a sense of urgency in day-to-day tasks.

Additional Technical Skills

(Required)

• Electrical Harness Design Experience (hydraulic integration design could also be considered)
• Extensive Creo, Teamcenter, and/or Fluid lines experience
• FMEAs
• Experience in reading electrical drawings and schematics
• Experience of using Microsoft Office computer tools (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Technical problem solving
• Ensure designs follow Caterpillar design guides and best practices.

(Desired)

• Prior Caterpillar experience preferred.
• Ability to troubleshoot wiring and wire/cable mounting issues.
• 3D clearance checks
• TeamCenter Vis Mockup

Soft Skills

(Required)

• Good communication skills (verbal and written).
• Great attention to detail.
• Team and cross-functional collaboration.

(Desired)

• Strong desire to learn, proactively ask questions, and continuously improve.
• Ability to work somewhat independently once trained, with minimal guidance.

Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:

• Must be able to work in the Tucson, AZ office 5-days per week. Remote work is no longer offered.
• Ability to periodically work around heavy equipment and manufacturing environment.
• Frequent job hopping