Machine System Integration Engineering Specialist

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Job Title: Machine System Integration Engineering Specialist

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 ( Dependent Upon Experience)

Location : Peterborough, UK - 3 days in the office per week

Benefits: 

• 25 days annual leave,    

• Up to 18% Bonus

• Car Allowance of £600pcm

• Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 10%

• Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.

• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.

Flexible working arrangements will be considered for this role, in-line with the needs of the business.

Sponsorship & Relocation is not supported for this role .

About IPSD

Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures power-systems that not only power Caterpillar machines, but also power over 5000 other applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.

Job Summary

Caterpillar’s IPSD group is looking for a technical expert to join the Customer Solutions team as a Machine System Integration Engineering Specialist.  This exciting role will lead teams working with customers to specify and integrate Caterpillar’s progressive product lines, including battery systems and hybrids, by developing solutions that help our customers to grow profitably in a more sustainable way.

In this role you will get the opportunity to shape Caterpillar’s future 3rd party offering as we progress through the energy transition.  This role requires an understanding of multiple powertrain components and in-depth knowledge of the multiple industry segments.

What You Will Do:

• Develop customer projects utilising Advanced Powertrain & ePowertrain solutions, involving the development of new products and services to meet customer and business needs.

• Utilise advanced technologies, products, and processes to define customer solutions.

• Collaborate with a variety of internal and external customers including manufacturing managers, product managers, sales & account managers, development engineers and new product introduction (NPI) managers to make high level decisions impacting one or more products, processes, or facilities.

• Develop and manage projects while communicating project development and progress to customers and/or business stakeholders.

• Document and communicate application and market segment requirements to the product development teams.

• Create solutions for complex technical engineering problems and be accountable for the design or improvement of complex systems aligning the solution to the overall product line strategy.

• Understand customers’ needs, product applications and understanding cost drivers versus competitive products.

• Keep up to date with technological advances while developing personal technical breadth and/or depth.

What You Have:  

Degree Requirement

• Degree or equivalent experience desired

Previous Experience

• Extensive experience within product development

• Knowledge of off-highway products would be highly advantageous

• Familiarity with, and interest in advanced power components and vehicle architectures would be highly advantageous

• Understanding of project management processes

Decision Making and Critical Thinking:

• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.

• Advises others in analysing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.

• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analysed in decisions.

Effective Communications:

• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.

• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

• Simplifies complex ideas into easily understood concepts.

Problem Solving:

• Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.

• Analyses and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.

• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.

Conceptual Thinking:

• Links information patterns and trends to hypotheses.

• Proposes alternative solutions when presented with problems or opportunities.

• Masters new concepts quickly.

Additional Info

• This role has global responsibilities and comes with the opportunity to visit customers at their sites and at international trade events.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting. #LI-Hybrid

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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