**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 Title: Performance & Emissions Calibration Engineer** **Salary: £45,350 per annum + Dependent Upon Experience** **Location: Peterborough, UK** **Benefits:** + **25 days annual leave** + **Up to 10% Bonus** + **Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 10%** + **Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.** + **Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.** **Flexible working arrangements will be considered for this role, in-line with the needs of the business.** **About IPSD** Caterpillar’s Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat® and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future. **Job Summary** + The 1200 Series Platform Development team are responsible for developing and managing robust engine and aftertreatment calibrations focused on meeting complex regulatory, business and customer requirements. + The team applies deep technical knowledge to data analysis, converting data into decisions, generating technical review and sign-off material, to ensure that our product recipe is of the highest quality and delivered on time. + This is a highly visible team that works directly with all areas of engineering and will, at times, report out directly to our product groups. + Working closely with the Performance Systems Integration engineering team to define & deliver robust methods in achieving the Product Objectives and Technical Objectives (PO’s/TO’s) within the IPSD-M 1200 Series product range. + Working with the GED Test operations team to ensure quality data is achieved and with our Virtual Calibration Team in maximising the value of simulation-based calibration. **What You Will Do** + Conduct and/or direct engine tests, calibration, and performance development to support 1200 Series programme requirements. + Conduct and/or direct tests (including Design of Experiments), checking data quality, test result integrity and repeatability. + Write requirements, procedures, and reports and formally present on test outcomes. + Plan, manage and deliver tests to tight time scales and to right quality. + Collaborate with global team to drive global alignment and best practices **What You Have** + _Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in an accredited Engineering curriculum_ + _Combustion engine and aftertreatment calibration experience_ + _Knowledge and experience of various data systems including, but not limited to, CANape, Gryphon, MATlab_ **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 Working Knowledge** : • Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance. • Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions. • Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns. • Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand. • Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions. **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 Extensive Experience:** • Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort. • Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts. • Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate. • Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes. • Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies. • Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems. **Technical Excellence:** Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges. **Level Working Knowledge:** • Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues. • Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components. • Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services. • Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence. • Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues. **What You Will Get** Within this role you will get a great opportunity to work in a team of like-minded calibration and simulation engineers, solving a wide variety of engineering problems to help shape existing and future Caterpillar products. You will develop existing and new calibration and simulation processes while working alongside the wider engineering community in the global Caterpillar enterprise. **About Caterpillar** Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. **NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.** **Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting. #LI-Hybrid** **Posting Dates:** October 31, 2024 - November 13, 2024 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .