Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

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Job Title: Research and Development Technician - Battery Build and Test

Salary/Grade: £29,616 + Dependent upon experience

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave,

• Up to 9% 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

We are seeking to continue to build our team with a diverse, inclusive, and multi-disciplinary group. This role is responsible for the battery build and testing of electrical power system units. This role will require a successful applicant to apply deep technical knowledge to build prototype battery packs along with testing requirements, working alongside the battery build/test engineers. This role will involve review and sign off working with lead engineering in converting data into decision making. This is a highly visible team that works directly with all areas of engineering and will, at times, report directly into our product groups.

Additional Info

• This role will require some travel opportunities to customer sites along with other test facilities when required, so a full clean UK Driving licence and passport will be essential for this position.

• This role is currently day shift only (5-day week 08:00 to 16:30), shift work may be required in the future.

• There will be some amounts of discretionary early and late working to meet customer deliverables.

What You Will Do

You will be responsible for the Co-ordination of battery builds for our Electrification Program Products including overseeing safety checks and End of line Testing activities. You will work closely with the Battery Advanced Power Products team leads to ensure we are meeting our Product and Technical Objectives. You will also be required to support activities with our external service suppliers and customers.

• Following engineers work order instructions and updating with detailed comments and measurements.

• Working with logistics in obtaining and ordering parts and components working with Engineering Leads and customers.

• Conduct direct build activities of electrical powertrain components, with some sub assembly and testing requirements.

• Conduct electrical safety checks to meet regulations and standards; Insulations resistance, ground bonding, Hi-Pot checks, communications using CANape and service tools.

• Conduct direct end of line test activities working from Lead engineer’s instructions and running test bed software (AVL Lynx) – Then able to interpret test plan and data to sign off battery packs for end of line, ready to ship to customers and product groups.

• Support Data analysis on results and help support lead engineering teams; Using analyse software programs.

• Raise issues and report out on build/Test product concerns using the Pre-Production reliability development process.

• As Part of Continuous Improvements, you will help support and review process and safety procedures along with reviewing overall quality matrix on operations and facility/assets.

• Collaborate with Facilities engineering team to ensure any facility requirements are resolved with good feedback on new systems to be implemented.

What You Will Have

Technical Excellence - Working Knowledge:

• Electronics/Electrical background

• Experience/ knowledge in electric vehicle and battery technology

• Experience working on high voltage systems/battery cells.

• Experience with development through new product Introduction (NPI) Process

• Experience in supporting engine/calibration software (CANape/Cat ET/Service tools)

• Caterpillar or industry experience.

Decision Making & Critical Thinking - Working Knowledge:

• Excellent respect and adherence to Health & Safety – To follow correct risk assessments and safe systems of work along with standard work instructions.

Effective Communication - Working Knowledge:

• Excellent interpersonal skills (Learning, communication, teamwork)

• Excellent problem solver (working to resolve issues with prototype parts along with data)

• Self-motivated and able to deliver with minimum supervision.

• Self-confidence and a 'passion for the product' are personal qualities needed to succeed in this high-pressure environment.

Health and Safety - Extensive Experience:

• Recognise and coach others in ensuring a safe, clean, and tidy work environment.

• Aware of responsibilities under the health & safety at work act.

• Knowledge of environmental policy - spillages, safe disposal of waste & recycling.

• Actively contributes to local safety meetings.

• Accountable for raising safety issues and has awareness of all relative risk assessments.

• Identify and deliver ergonomic improvements for the department.

• Experience in build workshop environment working to product drawings.

• Experience in power system level performance.

• Experienced in the use of testbed software, calibration tools, and test data logging systems.

• Hands on with past engine testing to support Battery testing and problem-solving experience.

What You Will Get

This role is an opportunity for you to get involved with a new sector of Caterpillar along with Perkins energy stored systems, to help develop our future advance power solutions within the division. You will have the opportunity to be able to build and test prototype high voltage battery products, to integrate them working closely with the application they will support. Along with working on products for potential new customers to the electric vehicle industry for off highway power units.

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:

May 22, 2024 - June 4, 2024

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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