Product Test Engineer

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you'rejoining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don'tjust talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Role Definition:

Devises, executes and improves engineering validation, processes, techniques, tooling and machinery to meet customer requirements and maximize product quality.

Responsibilities:

• Conceive product and component test concepts.
• Participate in test preparation, instrumentation, data acquisition, analysis and report out.
• Conceive tests, test setups and evaluation methods.
• Refine and improve product test and evaluation methodologies.
• Make calculations, analysis and interpretations
• Provide technical guidance to PD technicians and test operatives.
• Adhere to Caterpillar standards and specifications.
• Contribute towards new product design validation and product proving.
• Performs product and process maintenance support.
• Communicate results, report out with strong recommendation.
• Work with other Caterpillar design teams and meet the design requirements thru evaluation.
• Conceptualize test fixture setups, design, fabricate and develop for tests.
• Able to guide support engineer and lead major tests & evaluation.

Degree Requirement:

Required Experience : 10+ years

Degree required : BE Mechanical, B. Tech, M. Tech

Skill Descriptors:

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Working Knowledge:

. Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.

. Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.

. Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.

. Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.

. Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

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.

Level Working Knowledge:

. Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviours without offending the recipient.

. Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

. Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

. Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

. Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Technical Excellence:

Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Level Working Knowledge:

. Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

. Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up to date on technical and procedural job components.

. Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.

. Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.

. Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.

Engineering - MFG:

Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment ability to device and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.

Level Working Knowledge:

. Assists in problem resolution, drafting and writing specifications for engineering practices.

. Works with basic, routine components of the engineering discipline in manufacturing.

. Performs basic installation, maintenance and repairs for a specific engineering function.

. Follows relevant standards, policies and practices in engineering operations.

. Reports unusual engineering issues and considerations regarding manufacturing operations to senior staff.

Product Testing:

Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.

Level Working Knowledge:

. Documents test process and results prepares and analyses defect-tracking reports.

. Summarizes features of a specific product-testing process and associated procedures.

. Tests components for compliance with functional requirements and established conventions.

. Discusses and compares usability, safety and integration testing.

. Develops product-testing procedures participates in selecting testing environment and tools.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems:

Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.

Level Working Knowledge:

. Documents common hardware, software and communications problems and likely resolutions.

. Troubleshoots typical technical problems in a specific area.

. Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities to discover application problems.

. Adheres to standard troubleshooting procedures to ensure effectiveness of resolutions.

. Participates in setting evaluation standards and criterion for troubleshooting.

Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates:

December 6, 2024 - December 12, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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