Engineer-design Hydraulic Valves

**Career Area**:Engineering**:
Our engineering team is made up of problem solvers, innovators, and go-getters from every discipline, including chemical, electrical, material, mechanical, and metallurgical. Their work touches virtually every area of our company, from product design to software development.

**Job Purpose**:
To direct and participate in the design and development of hydraulic valve product concepts and complex engineering projects for release to production in a manner to ensure products provide superior performance, durability, quality, and serviceability.

**Job Duties**:
Acts as the key conduit for the valve design team by interacting with Plant locations and various engineering departments. Prepares development plans and is responsible for meeting scheduled dates. Delegates portions of the project to other engineers and leads and coordinates the design, analysis, and computer simulation effort.

Coordinates product tests with prove design and prototype build up and test areas. Provides guidance to other engineers responsible for portions of the product project to ensure development schedules are met.

Evaluates, defines, and resolves design and manufacturing problems. Travels to foreign and domestic plants, dealerships, and customer job sites to solve design problems or to field test locations to evaluate a product improvement.

Uses technical expertise and product knowledge to play the leadership role in the problem resolution process when interfacing with Test and Evaluation, Service, Plant personnel, suppliers, and consultants. Works with manufacturability teams resolving problems with manufacturing and statistical process controls.

Keeps abreast of latest technological advancements and prepares design concepts and develops unique product design features the Company often patents to gain competitive advantage. Travels worldwide to suppliers, production plants, dealerships, customer job sites, and field test locations related to the development of engineering projects and problem resolution.

**Background/Experience**:
Requires a bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering

3-5 hydraulic valve design years of experience

English language proficiency (speaking, reading, writing)

Incumbent must be able to demonstrate the ability to gain a mastery of complex engineering and manufacturability concepts.

Must have a good mechanical aptitude with ability to develop product concepts.

Requires strong leadership ability and good communications skills.

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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