Senior Associate Engineer (Engine Installation & Cooling)

Career Area

Engineering

Job Description

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Engine Installation & Cooling System – Job Description

As the Engine installation and Cooling Design Engineer, he/she will design and develop cooling systems, cooling schematics and general engine install systems for heavy earthmoving machines. He/she will be responsible for providing engineering and related services, executing projects from the conceptual stage to production, participating, engaging, managing and/or delivering engineering services including concept modelling, design freeze, and/or analysis.

He/she should be a motivated individual with sound time management skills with an ability to manage his/her own workload and to coordinate design efforts with other on-site and off-site engineers to provide cost effective, reliable and manufactural designs to support project timelines.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• General
• As system/component design engineer, advise and answer engineering questions which comes from cross functional team and customers, frequent collaboration with Supplier development Engineer, Buyer, Product support team.
• Prioritize workload and manage multiple projects simultaneously. Exhibit Excellent organizational, communication and presentation skills. Willing and able to collaborate with international teams in various time zones.
• Installation
• Design & detailing of Engine installation & cooling systems (Groups, assemblies, and components).
• Experience in light structure design & detailing.
• Design and routing of fluid systems (tubes, Hoses, molded hoses, ducts, etc)
• Work on Creo (Fluid lines design, Sheet metal, Solid modelling, castings, etc)
• Responsible for cooling system, air intake system, exhaust system validation activities including analysis, test planning and post processing test data.
• Quality
• Provide engineering solutions to fix quality issues, e.g. NPI issues, production quality, CPI issues.
• Cost
• Provide solutions for component cost reduction and re-sourcing.
• Should cost modelling of EIC components.
  

Proficiencies/Capabilities - Ideal

• Completed a minimum of 1 New Product Introduction (NPI) project
• Successfully closed a minimum of 1 Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) project
• Complete a minimum of 1 product cost reduction project
• Experience collaborating with suppliers to ensure manufacturing feasibility.
• Participated in a machine build.
• Participated in a machine validation test.
• Require limited direction but collaborate extensively with peers and process partners
• Follow all applicable design guide standards and product development processes.
• Innovate new ideas and leverage existing/new technology to drive cross-product synergy.
• In-depth understanding of the system and system interactions with the ability to make trade-offs at the machine level to avoid sub-optimization at the system level.
• Ability to clearly organize and effectively communicate information in such a way that messages are understood and retained by others
• Demonstrated experience in the following tools/methods:
• Cooling simulation software / Dynasty
• Teamcenter Engineering
• Fluid Lines
• Creo Simulate
• Bolted Joint
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Use of Engineering Standards, Specifications, REDI Design Guides
  

Proficiencies/Capabilities - Minimum

• Require limited direction but collaborate extensively with peers and process partners
• Follow all applicable design guide standards and product development processes.
• Innovate new ideas and leverage existing/new technology to drive cross-product synergy.
• In-depth understanding of the system and system interactions with the ability to make trade-offs at the machine level to avoid sub-optimization at the system level.
• Ability to clearly organize and effectively communicate information in such a way that messages are understood and retained by others.
• Demonstrated experience in the following tools/methods:
• Teamcenter Engineering
• Fluid Lines
• Creo Simulate
• Bolted Joint
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Use of Engineering Standards, Specifications, Design Guides
  

Basic Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree with 4-8 years engineering experience or master’s degree with 2-6 years engineering experience in Mechanical/Automobile/Thermal Engineering
• Complete understanding of design of cooling system and Engine installation components for Heavy Earthmovers
• Demonstrated proficiency in Creo and/or other modelling and detailing tools.
• Teamcenter PLM and Teamcenter Vismockup experience
• FEA skills – Creo Simulate or any other FEA tool experience.
• CFD skills – Any CFD tool experience (Optional)
• Plant/Industry exposure
  
  

Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates

March 12, 2026 - March 26, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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