Engineering Specialist, BMS Software Integration - Electrification
Caterpillar

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.

Caterpillar's Electrification & Energy Solutions division (E+ES) is focused on advanced power systems development with emphasis on electrification to provide sustainable power solutions to our customers. The E+ES Chemitronics Team handles Battery Modelling, Simulation and Battery Management System (BMS) strategy, implementation for a wide range of battery chemistries

In this Specialist role you will be responsible for leading BMS software validation. You will work with a team of engineers and be accountable for gathering and meeting the voice of the customer throughout development and integration of control strategies. Accountability spans the full development cycle from concept to production implementation onto BMS controller.

What you will do:

• Lead a team of cross-functional Engineers to deliver robust implementation of BMS control strategies
  
• Work with customers and product application teams to understand the software requirements to support validation activities; develop and maintain a keen understanding of internal and external customers' needs
  

• Work with Battery Module and Pack design and other teams for system integration and validation of control strategies
  
• Author and maintain FMEAs (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis), DVP (Design Verification Plan), test procedures/plans
  
• Develop and own processes for software validation
  
• Manage software sign-off activities before release
  
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI)/Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) issue resolutions
  

• Deliver technical solutions with respect to cost and time
  
• Communicate tailored technical information to internal and external customers, team members, and suppliers
  
• Travel to proving ground/customer locations for on-site support of validation/development work
  

What you have:

Degree Requirement Bachelors or master's degree in engineering (focus on control systems or mechatronics preferred but not required)

Technical Excellence : Industry experience developing controls software, performance or system validation related to control algorithms for complex systems.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Expertise in software validation methodologies i.e. HIL, SIL, lab, machine/vehicle
  
• MATLAB/Simulink (or similar) with embedded code exposure
  
• Knowledge of Direct-to-Flash methodology for creating experimental flash files
  
• Hands on experience with CAN Communication and use of CANape
  
• Knowledge and experience with Lithium-Ion batteries and/or BMS control strategies such as State of Health (SOH), State of Charge (SOC), etc.
  

Product Testing: Industry experience with HIL testing in environments like OPAL-RT, dSpace, NI TestStand test simulator
Level Working Knowledge:

• Develops and Documents test process; prepares and analyzes defect-tracking reports.
  
• Tests components for compliance with functional requirements and established conventions.
  
• Discusses and compares usability, safety and integration testing.
  

Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Helps others learn the tools and techniques for process value analysis.
  
• Carries out process evaluation, diagnosis, and optimization.
  
• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of a major process flow, its components and issues.
  
• Synchronizes the efforts of, and resource requirements for, several teams within a process.
  
• Makes the business case for new processes, including their cost-benefit ratios.
  
• Possesses knowledge of tools and techniques for designing and implementing new processes.
  

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Expert:

• Monitors the industry for new tools and techniques in assuring accuracy.
  
• Coaches others in methods of identifying and correcting errors, oversights and omissions.
  
• Supports and communicates the organization's quality management process.
  

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.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
  
• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
  
• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
  
• Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
  

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.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
  
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
  
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
  
• Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
  
• Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
  

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Expert:

• Trains others in the process of eliciting alternatives and assessing their impact.
  
• Orchestrates the resolution of high-impact and cross-functional problems.
  
• Successfully organizes problem solvers and stakeholders for high-impact problems.
  

Project Management: Self starter with proven project management and problem solving skills in execution and delivery of complex systems
Level Extensive Experience:

• Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.
  
• Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
  
• Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
  
• Experience leading teams through complex technical projects
  

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.
  
• Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.
  
• Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.
  
• Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.
  
• Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.
  

Product Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
Level Extensive Experience:

• Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency and effectiveness.
  
• Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.
  
• Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.
  
• Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.
  

Additional Information

• The location for this position is Peoria, IL (preferred)
  
• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position
  
• This position may require up to 25% travel
  
• Visa sponsorship is not available
  

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Posting Dates:
November 22, 2024 - December 8, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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