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Engineering

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining 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't just 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.

About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Role Definition

Manages and Executes engineering for design and development of technologies, components, systems, and products for generator control switchgear human machine interface (HMI) applications.

Responsibilities

• Managing staffing, development, and performance of a HMI engineering team.

• Providing specialized engineering technical support and consulting services to various areas of the organization.

• Managing high-impact, short and long duration engineering initiatives; ensuring quality of HMI products and projects.

• Designs, modifies, develops, writes and implements software-programming for generator control switchgear human machine interface applications.

• Configures, programs and tests HMI hardware.

• Works with Power System Engineers to test, verify and adjust HMI programming.

• Supports HMI issues in the field and provides remote HMI installation support.

Degree Requirement

• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum plus 3-5 years of experience or equivalent experience.

Skills:

HMI Software Experience:

• Factory Talk

• RSView

• Vijeo

• Crimson

• Kepware

• Applicom

• EcoStruxure Machine Scada Expert

Microsoft Proficient:

• Word

• Excel

• Outlook

Programming Experience (recommended):

• VBA Scripting

• Javascript

• HTML

• C+• FBD (Function Block Programming)

• SQL

Graphic Design Experience (a plus but not required):

• Photoshop

• GIMP

• Adobe Illustrator

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 behaviors.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message.

• Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications.

• Explains the importance of effective business communication.

• Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving complicated technical problems.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.

• Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.

• Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.

• Identifies key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of HMI technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to complex implementation challenges.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.

• Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

• Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

• Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.

• Provides effective solutions to challenging technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

• Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Managing People: Knowledge of processes involved in managing people; ability to lead successful teams, and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes the general processes and procedures involved in people management.

• Identifies the needs of the organization and employees; matches them to appropriate solutions.

• Lists major activities performed in managing people at the workplace.

• Understands relevant systems, tools, and resources required for managing people.

Additional Information

• The location for this position is Alpharetta, GA

• Domestic relocation assistance is NOT available for this position

• This position may require 10% travel

• Visa sponsorship is not available

Employee benefit details

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .

Posting Dates:

June 21, 2024 - July 7, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.

Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.