Senior Performance/Simulation/Application Engineer

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**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. Role Definition Solve challenging engineering problems involving products, systems, and components using advanced simulation techniques and analysis. Responsibilities - Collaborate with customers and leadership to scope and execute projects that meet the needs of the business - Accountable for delivering timely, high-quality simulation and analysis impacting products/processes and providing clear recommendations to stakeholders - Partner with design, manufacturing, supply chain and test to robustly deliver new products and improve validation processes - Keep up-to-date on new technologies and drive continuous improvement to established techniques - Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum. Degree/Experience required B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.tech Experience required 8 to 12years Skill Descriptors Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes. Level Extensive Experience: - Helps others learn the tools and techniques for process value analysis. - Carries out process evaluation, diagnosis, and optimization. - Demonstrates a thorough understanding of a major process flow, its components and issues. - Synchronizes the efforts of, and resource requirements for, several teams within a process. - Makes the business case for new processes, including their cost-benefit ratios. - Possesses knowledge of tools and techniques for designing and implementing new processes. Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision. Level Extensive Experience: - Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices. - Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy. - Productively balances speed and accuracy. - Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms. - Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards. - Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals. 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. Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Level Working Knowledge: - Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient. - Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness. - Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work. - Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate. - Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups. 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. - Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems. Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges. Level Working Knowledge: - Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues. - Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components. - Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services. - Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence. - Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues. Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project object