Job Summary

Serve as a senior technical individual contributor with full accountability for the end-to-end electrical design and development of large (2 MW+) diesel genset packages. Lead and deliver complex, high-impact engineering initiatives, driving technical excellence from concept definition through detailed design, rigorous validation, and successful global production release.

Responsibilities

- Lead design and development of electrical Genset package from concept selection through detailed design, ensuring compliance with Caterpillar's engineering standards and regional regulations.

- Technical Expertise: Provide strong technical leadership with deep knowledge of engineering fundamentals, electrical architecture design using complex technical principles.

- Manufacturing: In-depth knowledge of electrical designs (schematics, harnesses, control panels, switchgear layouts), component selection, electrical assembly practices, engineering drawings, manufacturing processes and package BOM.

- Interface Cross Functional Collaboration: Lead interface management across global cross functional engineering teams and suppliers to ensure holistic electrical package fitment, system integration, and functional integrity throughout the product lifecycle.

- Design Optimization: Apply engineering principles and analytical insights to optimize designs for manufacturability, performance, durability, cost effectiveness, and ease of assembly.

Experience required

- As a Lead Engineer, you will directly conceive and provide practical product design applications using complex technical principles.



Emphasis of this position is on creating concepts and directing the design and development of complex electrical projects.

Experience in ePlan, WSCAD, Creo, Creo Schematic, AutoCAD design tools, and Teamcenter is a must.

- Prepares concept, design, development, and feasibility studies of complex engineering projects. Prepares development plans and is responsible for meeting scheduled dates. Acts as the development team leader by interacting with plant/manufacturing locations and various engineering departments.

- Candidate will work with the Product Definition / Global Counterpart to understand the product requirements and collaborates within Engineering and other cross-functional teams to provide a solution that meets the form, fit and function. In doing so, the incumbent must have a sound knowledge on the electrical regulation and standards. Candidate will directly work with compliance and regulations team to ensure the product design meets the local regulations where the product will be destined to operate.

- Provide technical guidance to other engineers on product/project needs and to complete their portions of products project to ensure development schedules are met on time. Drive standardization, modular design and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Coordinate and oversee the creation of designs and models, analytical work, drawing packages, design guides, and other engineering-related documents as needed. Candidate must be able to articulate the Bill of Materials changes to incorporate the recent designs.

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📌 Design Engineer - Electrical (Bengaluru)
🏢 Caterpillar
📍 Bengaluru