Career Area: EngineeringJob 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.Your Work Shapes the WorldWhether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don't just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Join us.Job Summary:As an Underground Electronics Platform lead you will be responsible for managing the Caterpillar Minestar for Underground detection component portfolio. The team you lead is responsible for the design, development, test, sourcing and quality of the electrical and electronic components.What You Will Do:
- Lead (product owner) team that is responsible for design, sourcing, delivery and maintenance of Caterpillar Minestar for Underground detection product.
- Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems.
- Directing project staffing; motivating and developing project team and team members.
- Communicating with customers and managing expectations; ensuring effective use of project controls and reporting mechanisms.
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
- Creates and/or 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.
- Maintains focus on the topic at hand.
- Communicates to clients regarding expectations of all parties.
- Participates in negotiating the terms of the business relationship.
- Conducts periodic reviews of work effort, progress, issues, and successes.
- Maintains productive, long-term relationships with clients or vendors.
- Creates opportunities to educate support teams on client priorities.
- Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
- Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
- Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
- Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
- Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
- Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
- Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
- 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.
- Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
- Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.
- Anticipates the challenges and opportunities associated with creating printed circuit boards and electronic assemblies
- Advises on matching methodology, materials and tools to the electronic product that is being built.
- Facilitates supplier partnering arrangements that share risk and reward.
- Monitors supplier performance; works to resolve discrepancies between performance and agreements.
- Builds and maintains partnerships with suppliers.
- Evaluates issues and maintains supplier relationships as appropriate; works with purchasing and legal departments.
- Ensures the fulfillment of report and record-keeping requirements.
- Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.
- Coaches others how to resolve communication problems in multi-vendor environment.
- Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.
- Competitive Base Salary
- Annual incentive bonus plan*
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
- 401k savings plan
- Health savings account (HSA)
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Life Insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Healthy Lifestyle Programs
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)