Battery Systems Engineering Specialist

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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.

About E&ES: 

Caterpillar’s Electrification & Energy Solutions (E&ES) Division will focus on delivering advanced electrified power train, zero-emissions products/technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, micro grid controllers, charging, energy storage systems, lifecycle solutions/services and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries.  

We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. We need self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.

Job Summary

Caterpillar’s Electrification + Energy Solutions Division is looking an experienced Battery Systems Engineering Specialist to develop battery solutions for a wide range of applications.  This role leads a team of battery design, test and validation engineers to electrify Caterpillar machines and applications.  Specifically, this person applies product knowledge to develop innovative solutions, makes key decisions impacting battery strategy, utilizes project management skills to maintain commitments, fosters collaboration across the organization, interfaces with external partners, gathers key requirements, and evaluates business impacts and technical tradeoffs.  This exciting opportunity will serve a critical role in developing batteries for wide range of Caterpillar applications.

What You Will Do:

• Lead battery design team from concept to certification delivering battery solutions for our customers

• Lead battery system decision matrix activities gaining consensus across the organization

• Analyze options and tradeoffs throughout the project to move team forward

• Leveraging product and process knowledge to develop project R&D and material estimates

• Develop detailed resource loading and high-level project plans

• Collaborate with internal and external partners to clearly summarize and communicate areas of risk and suggest opportunities for improvement

What skills you will have:

Degree Requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Extensive Experience

• Reviews and explains several battery solutions with multiple partners and stakeholders.

• Utilizes critical-thinking and decision-making processes to make recommended battery solutions.

• Coaches and champions others in decision-making models, processes, and practices.

Effective Communications: Extensive Experience

• Adapts presentations for the intended audience, including internal teams, external teams, senior leadership

• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.

• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

• Maintains focus on completing the mission, championing the solution that has consensus

Project Management: Extensive Experience

• Champions organization's small batch project process.

• Manages high-risk, high-cost projects involving multiple stakeholders.

• Monitors projects for critical path and actual status versus planned.

Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Extensive Experience

• Quickly reviews proposed 3D models in order to consider battery options and packaging trade-offs

• Ability to develop high level battery concepts from ground up in order to communicate options and trade offs

Top Candidates will also have:

• Knowledge in battery cell, module, pack and/or system design

• Knowledge in battery electric powertrain integration

• Knowledge in battery performance / data analysi