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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.\nYour Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.\nWhen you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team that cares not just about the work we do, but also about each other. We are makers, problem solvers, and future world builders creating stronger, more sustainable communities. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.\nJob Summary\nAs a Senior Embedded Product Analytics Engineer, you will transform product and engineering data into actionable insights that support New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), field issue investigations, condition-monitoring development, and product-support engineering. This role combines engineering-domain expertise, coding, analytics, and condition-monitoring development to help improve product performance, reliability, and customer outcomes.\nWorking closely with engineering stakeholders, you will analyze product-performance data, clarify analytical requirements, investigate product behavior, and develop condition-monitoring content that identifies potential failure signatures using telematics and engineering data. Through a team-based ticketing process plus project work, you will support a diverse portfolio of engineering requests that directly influence product development, product improvement, and field support activities.\nYou will collaborate with internal engineering partners, industry stakeholders, and global team members while supporting small projects and developing the capabilities to lead appropriate initiatives with coaching from experienced team members. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining hands-on engineering knowledge with analytics and coding to solve real-world equipment and product challenges.\nSuccessful candidates will bring an engineering foundation, strong analytical and communication skills, an interest in coding and data-driven problem solving, and the ability to apply engine and mechanical-system knowledge to evaluate engineering data and develop meaningful insights. Preferred experience includes Python, SQL, engines, mechanical systems, rotating components, hands-on equipment experience, and project leadership.\nHow You Will Make an Impact:\nEngineering Analytics - Transform engineering and product-performance data into insights that support product development, product improvement, field investigations, and engineering decision-making.\nCondition-Monitoring Development - Develop condition-monitoring content that uses telematics and engineering data to identify equipment failure signatures.\nProduct-Support Engineering - Support engineering-analysis requests that contribute to New Product Introduction, Continuous Product Improvement, and the investigation of field issues.\nEngineering-Domain Application - Apply engine and mechanical-system understanding to evaluate data quality and distinguish valid engineering data from invalid data.\nGlobal Engineering Collaboration - Partner with engineering stakeholders and global team members to define analytical needs and deliver documented solutions.\nWhat You will do:\nAnalyze engineering and product-performance data.\nSupport Continuous Product Improvement, New Product Introduction, and field-investigation requests.\nWork from engineering requests submitted through the team’s ticketing process.\nCollaborate with requesting engineering teams to clarify analytical requirements.\nDevelop, code, document, deploy, and hand off condition-monitoring content.\nSupport condition-monitoring initiatives that identify failure signatures from telematics and engineering data.\nCollaborate with internal engineering partners and industry stakeholders.\nCommunicate and collaborate effectively with India-based team members, including participating in occasional early-morning meetings.\nLearn and apply team procedures and quality-check processes.\nSupport small projects and lead appropriate projects with coaching from experienced team members.\nDevelop a condition-monitoring failure model and complete the model for handoff to Cat Digital for deployment.\nWhat Skills You Will Have:\nDomain Knowledge: Working Understanding\nKnowledge of a specific engineering domain, its current trends, directions, and relevant considerations, with the ability to apply domain-specific knowledge to product analytics, product support, field investigations, and condition-monitoring initiatives.\nIdentifies key concepts and features associated with engines, mechanical systems, and rotating components.\nDescribes products, systems, and applications relevant to the engineering environment.\nIdentifies major initiatives, key issues, and current trends affecting product performance and reliability.\nDescribes where and how to obtain current domain-specific information.\nApplies foundational engine and mechanical-system knowledge to help distinguish valid engineering data from invalid data.\nTechnical Analysis: Basic Understanding\nKnowledge of the concepts, methodologies, and activities involved in technical analysis, including the use of technical indicators to evaluate engineering and product-performance data.\nLists commonly used technical analysis tools and technologies.\nDocuments key technical analysis procedures and policies.\nDescribes basic concepts and major activities associated with technical analysis.\nIdentifies sources of information from which required data and technical indicators can be obtained.\nRecognizes engineering, telematics, and product-performance data sources relevant to analytical investigations and condition-monitoring development.\nAnalytical Thinking: Extensive Knowledge\nKnowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis, with the ability to identify root causes and develop alternative solutions.\nDefines a problem or issue and determines its significance before beginning an analysis.\nMakes systematic comparisons between two or more alternative solutions.\nUses analytical tools and methods to disclose meaningful data patterns.\nIdentifies the major forces, events, and stakeholders affecting and affected by the situation.\nUses logic, engineering judgment, and intuition to interpret data and reach meaningful conclusions.\nApplies analytical thinking to engineering-analysis requests, product-performance questions, and field issue investigations.\nDecision Making and Critical Thinking: Working Understanding\nKnowledge of decision-making processes, tools, and techniques, with the ability to analyze situations and contribute to informed decisions.\nExplains the characteristics and steps of an effective decision-making process.\nIdentifies issues and communicates with others when a decision is required.\nRecognizes the decision makers within the working environment and understands how decisions affect assigned work.\nUnderstands the types of decisions that may and may not be made within the scope of the role.\nCommunicates analytical findings that support engineering and product-support decisions.\nEffective Communications: Working Knowledge\nUnderstanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques, with the ability to accurately transmit, receive, and interpret technical ideas, information, and needs.\nDelivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors and supports productive working relationships.\nListens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it to improve communication effectiveness.\nMakes oral presentations and prepares reports and documentation needed for assigned work.\nAvoids unnecessary technical jargon when communicating with different audiences.\nLooks for and considers nonverbal cues from individuals and groups.\nCommunicates analytical findings clearly and works effectively with engineering stakeholders, industry partners, and global team members.\nCollaborates effectively with India-based colleagues, including during occasional early-morning meetings.\nTechnical Excellence: Working Knowledge\nKnowledge of relevant engineering and analytical technologies and their application methods, with the ability to provide solutions to technical challenges.\nProvides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges by applying sound technical competence and considering the implications of relevant events and issues.\nPerforms the technical aspects of the role effectively while continuously building knowledge of technical and procedural job components.\nApplies technical operating and project standards to deliver quality products, technologies, and services.\nUses current procedures and technologies to help resolve issues within the individual’s area of technical competence.\nHelps others address technical or procedural problems.\nApplies engineering analysis, coding, and analytical methods to product-performance and condition-monitoring challenges.\nRequirements Analysis: Working Knowledge\nKnowledge of tools, methods, and techniques used to elicit, analyze, and document requirements needed to support successful analytical and technical solutions.\nFollows policies, practices, and standards for determining functional and informational requirements.\nConfirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis.\nCommunicates with engineering stakeholders and users to elicit and gather requirements.\nParticipates in preparing detailed requirements and supporting documentation.\nUses established organizational methods, tools, and techniques for requirements analysis.\nClarifies analytical requirements associated with requests submitted through the team’s ticketing process.\nEngineering Foundation\nEngineering-based education and/or relevant engineering experience.\nAbility to perform engineering data analysis.\nAbility to distinguish valid and invalid engineering data using mechanical-system understanding.\nCapability to work within a product-support and engineering-analysis environment.\nInterest in coding and analytics.\nStrong communication capability.\nTop Candidates Will Also Have:\nPython experience.\nSQL experience.\nEngine knowledge beyond the basic understanding required for the role.\nMechanical-system knowledge.\nA mechanical, electrical, or mechatronics engineering background.\nHands-on equipment experience.\nProject leadership capability.\nAdditional Information\nPreferred location: Mossville, Illinois\nAdditional acceptable location: Lafayette, Indiana\nWork arrangement: Primarily onsite, five days per week\nTravel: Approximately 0 to 10%\nGlobal Collaboration: This role supports global engineering teams and may require occasional participation in early-morning or non-standard work-hour meetings to accommodate international collaboration.\nFinal Details: Please ensure you frequently sign in to your candidate home for any updates or correspondence for positions that you have applied for. https://cat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CaterpillarCareers.This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied 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As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers\nSummary Pay Range:\n$112,710.00 - $169,060.00Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-relatedknowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. 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