**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. **W** **hat** **You Will Do:** • Assisting in development of fixtures, concepts, and prototypes for research and development and market analysis. • Making detailed observations, analyzing data, and interpreting results. • Compiling results and preparing technical reports and documentation of outcomes. • Assisting in the building, testing, and analysis of prototypes. **What Skills You Will Have:** Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision. Level Basic Understanding: • Explains the importance of accuracy in own function or unit. • Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention. • Identifies the procedures for making sure that results are mistake-free. Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Level Basic Understanding: • Explains characteristics and steps in an effective decision-making process. • Identifies issues and communicates with others when a decision needs to be made. • Names decision makers in own environment and cites examples of past decisions. • Describes types of decisions incumbent may and may not make in own job or function. 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 Basic Understanding: • Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message. • Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications. • Explains the importance of effective business communication. • Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures. Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges. Level Basic Understanding: • Uses a structured approach in analyzing and resolving technical problems. • Seeks opportunities for continual learning to maintain technical competence in pursuit of technical excellence. • Provides examples or case studies demonstrating technical excellence in actual business scenarios. • Pursues, prepares for and assumes new technical assignments and challenges. Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing. Level Working Knowledge: • Documents test process and results; prepares and analyzes defect-tracking reports. • Summarizes features of a specific product-testing process and associated procedures. • Tests components for compliance with functional requirements and established conventions. • Discusses and compares usability, safety and integration testing. • Develops product-testing procedures; participates in selecting testing environment and tools. Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment. Level Basic Understanding: • Explains where to locate basic help facilities and troubleshooting guides. • Discusses basic concepts behind a systematic approach to solving technical problems. • Identifies available resources and support systems for troubleshooting. • Describes problem identification, reporting and escalation procedures. 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 Basic Understanding: • Summarizes the overall process for developing a new product or service for the organization. • Identifies the organizational business units that have input into the development process. • Collects information on current and prior design and development successes and failures in the organization. • Describes the basic tools used for design and development. **Required Qualifications:** + The successful candidate will have a BSME or equivalent with 5 years of engine testing experience. **Desired Qualifications:** + Fluent in English + Knowledge and experience in engine emissions measurement equipment such as Horiba MEXA and Sierra BG3; operation, maintenance and troubleshooting. **Posting Dates:** October 22, 2024 - November 1, 2024 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .