Senior Associate Engineer - Structures Design

As a Senior Associate Engineer, incumbent will be working on Off Highway Trucks structures product design. Incumbent will be responsible for Built in Quality and provide Engineering support to OHT fabrication production line in Caterpillar India Thiruvallur facility. He/She will have an opportunity to work closely with factory and represent Engineering Team to downstream partners for Production & Build support (NPI//NSI/CPI implementation) by partnering with global teams. Incumbent will also contribute to global projects, continually learn, and stay abreast of innovative technology. He/she will have chance to contribute to concept, development, and design of complex components, subsystems or processes. He/she will be involved in the regional/global supplier development, build support and aftermarket/mine site services.

Skills/Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Strong knowledge in Caterpillar fabrication/forging/casting manufacturing process and quality criteria
• Good understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, engineering drawings, manufacturing processes and Bill of Material.
• Sound knowledge in drawing reading, GD&T, CMM audit and UT weld inspection.
• Good knowledge on Part and assembly Modelling and drawing generation. Proficient in the use of CREO & Team CENTER Engineering
• Provides creative and innovative solutions to complex engineering problems in area of design, mechanical analysis, and support Engineering decision making.
• Perform design verification through hand calculations and advanced methods in Creo & WDAT.
• Research new technology and evaluate new products, processes, or systems.
• Effectively apply design related Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) steps & DFMEA process.
• Communicate results to customers, suppliers, team members, and other business units. Actively support prototype, pilot, or production build and perform audit.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors or masters degree in mechanical engineering curriculum (or equivalent)
• 8+ years of job-related experience
• Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
• Emphasis on initiative and self-starting tasks

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Prior experience in Fabrication, Manufacturing & Quality.
• Knowledge of design for manufacturability, mining machines products, their engineering challenges and manufacturing process.
• Exceptional ability to perform complex design and analysis tasks using mathematical/theoretical model & FEA (preferred with Creo simulate)

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

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

Skill Descriptors:

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking, Technical Excellence, Troubleshooting Technical Problems, Effective Communications