Electrical Engineer 5This position will have responsibility for defining and validating high voltage electrical components and systems (50V to over 1000V) and supporting powertrain integration for electrification programs (including diesel-electric, battery-electric, and hybrid machines), from concept through production. This position will be accountable for translating system requirements into appropriate high voltage electrical system designs while ensuring alignment with key safety standards. It will also have accountability for electrical system auditing, trouble-shooting, validation, and issue resolution to ensure alignment to safety and regulatory standards and reliability expectations.Job duties/responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:Analyzing HV systems for proper protections and arc flash mitigation, using tools like ETAP, PspiceCreating electric powertrain system and sub-system diagramsEnsuring proper overload protection device selection and coordinationDefining, integrating, and validating high voltage components in machine powertrain applicationsDriving requirements definition in support of electrical safety standards (IEEE, NFPA, IEC, ISO, UN)Assisting technical leads in conveying software requirements and component electronic information for HV diagnostics, events, and warnings to the various controls teamsVirtual audits of HV powertrain systems for grounding, bonding, and cable selection / routingSupporting machine commissioning by evaluating compliance with standards, documenting and resolving issues and verifying safe operating proceduresDevelopment of HV system design guides, leveraging best practices and lessons from prior machine projectsSizing high voltage cables in powertrain applicationsTroubleshooting and analysis of field dataEducating process partners on the hazards and best practices for working on high voltage electrical systemsPosition's contributions to work group:Electrical integration engineer supporting a range of deliverables and projects for HV system integration on Caterpillar machines.Candidate value proposition:For this role within your business group – what stands out about this opportunity (ex – exposure, skill development, etc)? Why Caterpillar?
"Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Caterpillar. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Caterpillar travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters."Why this role?Broad exposure to electrification applications, from requirements development to analysis, to component selection and commissioning, we help ensure our future solutions are safe, meet performance expectations, and are compliant with industry standards.
We are on the front end of the electrification journey and are actively developing design guides and standard work to help the team work more efficiently. Heavy collaboration; locally and with global team. Manager overseeing 10-15 engineers, experienced tech leads, SMEs. 95% office with occasional trips to Tech Center or PPG.Education & experience required:Years of experience: 10+ Degree requirement: BS Engineering (ME, EE primarily, unless they are working in this space already then I would consider other).
NO 2 year degree's Open to Master's with 8+ years. Do you accept internships as job experience: No. Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role: EV systems integration or test, Power systems design/analysis/test.Top 3 skills:Initiative, Collaboration, Intellectual curiosity (appetite to learn).Additional technical skills (required): Experience with systems over 300V DC, Strong grasp of electrical theory, Microsoft products. (Desired): Knowledge of electrical standards, IEC, ISO, NFPA, IEEE, Fuse coordination, cable sizing, arc flash, short circuit, ETAP, Pspice, Matlab, Visio, Creo schematics.