Career Area:
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.

Job Duties:

Caterpillar's Energy applications are electronically controlled to meet regulations, improve performance, improve product uptime, and simplify field troubleshooting. As such, engine software has numerous complex strategies that manage operating conditions and provide valuable data to service technicians, owners, regulatory organizations, and Caterpillar. As a verification engineer, you will ensure software performs as expected, per specification, in all operating conditions.

In this role, you will learn the critical subsystems and operating conditions for energy applications, intricacies of embedded systems, and how to identify corner of the box conditions. You will then apply this knowledge to ensure defect free delivery of energy application software, which is what Caterpillar's customers have come to expect.

Job Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Manage testing priorities and workload.
• Document test plans based on software specifications.
• Conduct software testing using HIL (hardware in the loop) and VPD (virtual product development) tools.
• Troubleshoot software and hardware issues found during testing.
• Lead issue resolutions working with software and systems engineers.
• Communicate test results to management and project leads.
• Communicate technical information to team members and other business units.
• Document test conclusions with traceability
• Track product development issues to completion
• Investigate field issues.
• Automate test procedures and internal processes to improve workgroup efficiency.
• Ensure thoroughness and consistency of software testing conducted on engine/system benches, as well as in the lab and field.
• Manage numerous aspects related to set-up and manage software test benches, included SW and HW upgrades.
• Procurement and commissioning new unit, tracking and optimization of test bench utilization.
• Generate and present accurate reports for validation thoroughness, status, and results.
• Innovate for efficiency.

In this role, you will lead a global verification/validation test team of 2 to 5 engineers. You will have the opportunity to work with a cross functional team of engineers and continuously learn new skills and develop your practical engineering experience. You will be encouraged to manage your own development, continuously learning through experience and by staying abreast of technology.

Basic Qualification:

This position requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 5-7 years of relevant experience or master's degree with 2-5 years of relevant experience. In addition, the follow skills/experiences are required to be successful in this position.

• Demonstrated capability to read and understand embedded software developed in C and Matlab / Simulink
• Good problem-solving and communication skills
• Demonstrated capability and passion for software testing, troubleshooting, and problem resolution.
• Fluent in English (writing, reading, and speaking)

Top Candidate:

• 2 years of concurrent industry experience in hard-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of embedded software using DSPACE or NI test simulator
• Demonstrated expertise in operation and fault modes of: electronics, sensors, actuators & other inductive loads, classic controls methods (e.g., PID), communication networks (e.g., J1939/CAN/Ethernet), test automation, and instrumentations & data collection tools.
• Demonstrated expertise in: programing, graphical programming environments, version management tools, and software development processes.

Relocation: Yes

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