Metallurgical Engineer

at  Caterpillar

JOB SUMMARY:

Caterpillar’s Advanced Materials Technology Department is currently seeking an experienced Engineer focused on metallurgical product development and production support. In this role you will have an opportunity to analyze a wide variety of components providing design support and development on a diverse customer portfolio supporting products produced at the Decatur manufacturing facility.
Implements and improves testing, development and validation techniques, processes, tooling, and machinery to maximize product quality.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials or Metallurgical Engineering from an accredited college or university

• Lead material analysis investigations
• Develop metallurgical testing plans and analyze test results
• Create technical reports and/or procedures
• Effectively communicate results to our internal customers
• Provide technical support to metallurgical laboratory operations personnel.
• Support Met Lab process controls and compliance for certifications and audits.
• Resolving issues regarding the design or manufacturing. Ensuring design acceptance and manufacturing readiness.
• Participating in the adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing software, etc.) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement.
• Planning and improving testing procedures and operations to make the test more reliable, efficient and cost-effective.
• Monitoring results, machine and process capabilities and performance reliability.
• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum or equivalent experience working in an Engineering function.