Systems Engineer 4 - Senior Systems Integration & Validation Engineer – Autonomous Systems

Job Title - Systems Engineer 4 - Senior Systems Integration & Validation Engineer - Autonomous Systems

Requisition ID: 89260-1

Location: IL-Mossville- On-Site

Duration: 24 months

Daily Schedule (including any anticipated weekly/monthly OT): 2nd shift, 4 days a week (Monday through Thursday) - will start at noon and finish around 10:30pm

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

The team is accountable for integrating multiple systems together and performing validation for the autonomous truck programs within Caterpillar. We have HIL labs, SIL labs, and the BB test track where we put the hardware and software onto surrogate vehicles for on-machine testing and integration.

The team does system integration and validation for autonomous trucks, IT administration for our test servers, executes testing, and develops automation and simulation for testing

Participate in dealer/customer demonstrations

Education & Experience Required:

Years of experience: Minimum 8 years; This requirement applies regardless of educational attainment, including a master’s degree

Degree requirement: Electrical/computer engineering preferred, but open based upon engineering experience

Do you accept internships as job experience: Yes, but only for the amount of time that they were working as an intern

Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role:

Top 3 Skills

Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.

Strong ability to work independently and manage one’s time.

Strong knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery.

Strong ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed to resolve issues.

Strong knowledge of computer development software across multiple platforms.

Additional Technical Skills

(Required)

Software in the Loop (SIL) test execution with clear documentation and clear communication skills

Experience automating system level administrative tasks using Python or other common scripting languages

Experience with complex system testing and troubleshooting

(Desired)

Secondary skillset:

2+ years experience managing Windows Server and Ubuntu VMs using Vsphere in a complex operational environment with responsibilities including: Management of OS updates, account administration using LDAP and other technologies, SQL server management, etc.

Experience with testing and troubleshooting IT issues observed by complex client / server applications running in a global test environment including networking (unicast, multicast, broadcast) using tools such as Wireshark, server performance, etc.

Soft Skills

(Required)

Communication

Willingness & ability to learn continuously

Teamwork

Typical task breakdown:

Daily standup meeting at 12:15pm

Execute existing test plans

Develop new test plans for new features

Debug issues

Document issues

Communicate frequently with MineStar development team in Australia

Communicate frequently with the Cat India validation team

Interaction with team:

Communicate frequently with MineStar development team in Australia

Communicate frequently with the Cat India validation team

Communicate continuously with the on-site team

Work environment:

This assignment is 100% in the office

The team consists of a multitude of experts with a combined Caterpillar experience spanning over 2 centuries!

Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications:

Remote work will disqualify a candidate - candidate must be living in the Peoria, IL area at the start of the assignment.