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.

About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Role Definition

This position is part of Tangent Energy’s Solar, Energy Storage, and Generator Set business. The primary responsibility of this position is developing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Tangent Energy’s monitoring and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Planning, engineering, & designing SCADA and communications systems to interface with the Tangent AMP software and 3rd party systems and hardware.

• Working closely with the Tangent operations center to setup, maintain, and troubleshoot existing devices and systems.

• Developing communication block diagrams, panel layout drawings, SCADA AC & DC schematics, communication drawings, & network drawings.

• Developing configurations for Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) - (SEL RTAC, etc.).

• Developing network device configurations for switches, routers, & firewalls. (Cisco, SEL, etc.).

• Performing troubleshooting of SCADA system network & communication systems (DNP, Modbus, SEL Protocol, IEC 61850, TCP/IP, UDP) remotely and onsite (if required).

• Coordinating with relay settings engineers to develop/review communication port settings for protection relays, meters, & other devices.

• Providing technical support to customers and Tangent’s operations center, developing technical documents, user manuals, and operational procedures and participating in project management and project coordination.

• Assisting engineering with control wiring and control concepts.

• Working with and managing third party engineering firms to verify all technical information to designs meet project specifications and design requirements.

• Working in conjunction with Tangent Leadership to develop SCADA design standards.

Degree Requirement

Degree preferred

Skill Descriptors

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 Extensive Experience:

• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.

• Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.

• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.

• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

• Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.

• Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Uses subtle cues to determine the language and experience level of an individual or group.

• Introduces technical terminology to listeners in the context of the product or service.

• Uses effective analogies to help an audience understand a novel feature of a product or service.

• Explains important details as they relate to the basic value of the product or service.

• Approaches communication challenges from various angles to find the one that works.

• Proceeds to next level of information when audience is ready.

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.

Embedded Systems: Knowledge of embedded systems and their applications; ability to develop embedded systems with varying levels of complexity to control the operations of the machine it is embedded within.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Demonstrates experience with software architecture when embedded systems become complex in scale.

• Develops embedded system software using compilers, assemblers, and debuggers.

• Develops embedded systems' prototype to ensure it meets performance and security expectations.

• Ensures the hardware and software requirements are met while structuring an embedded system.

• Manages embedded systems ranging from low to high complexity with multiple units and networks.

• Utilizes various debugging tools to reduce the number of bugs in an embedded system.

Additional Information

· Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected applicant.

· Visa Sponsorship is not offered for this role.

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Summary Pay Range:

$95,640.00 - $143,520.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

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)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .

Posting Dates:

January 14, 2025 - January 28, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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