Embedded SW Sr. Engineer - Display System Engineer

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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.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure.  Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs.  Join us.

What You Will Do:

As a display system engineer, you will leverage your technical expertise to coordinate the efforts of cross functional teams to ensure development changes impacting the display system are implemented with utmost quality and on time.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Understand program timelines and plan long-term and short-term deliverables.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to define critical system requirements.
• Coordinate user story deliverables with the delivery team to ensure expected content is delivered per release expectations.
• Lead feasibility investigations and work with multiple process partners to drive feature development plans.
• Lead the resolution of display software defects found during product development.
• Verify display application specifications have been implemented correctly during integration testing in accordance with documented acceptance criteria.

• Developing high level feature requirements or change requests and translating them into functional specifications for consumption by software delivery teams.
• Team planning through activities such as story mapping, story estimation and release planning and commitment.

What Skills You Will Have:

•       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.

•       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.

•       Teamwork: Knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; experience with; ability to work cooperatively towards shared goals and being supportive of others at all levels.

•       Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

•       Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.

•       Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

•       System Testing: Knowledge of system and software testing; ability to design, plan and execute system testing strategies and tactics to ensure the quality of software at all stages of the system life cycle.

•       Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Masters in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering + 4 years of systems/requirements experience in the Automotive or Heavy Equipment industry.
• Software development experience with different UI frameworks
• Strong systems troubleshooting experience using various analytical tools such as CANoe, CANalyzer and WireShark
• Good understanding of automotive protocols – CAN and J1939
• Regular usage of GIT configuration management
• Experience assembling and modifying test bench instrumentation including wi