CTCT Component Hardware Solutions Engineering Manager

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Description

Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT) is a joint venture between Caterpillar and Trimble whose purpose is to transform the way heavy equipment customers shape the world through machine based, position driven, productivity enhancing solutions that differentiate Caterpillar and Trimble. This position will be responsible for planning, directing, and leading engineering staff and activities to ensure projects, initiatives and processes comply with established policies/objectives.

Job Duties

The Hardware Solutions Engineering Manager builds and enables the success of teams designing, building, and integrating world class electronic components and solutions (including mounting, connectors, and wiring harnessing) that are at the heart of our industry leading grade control systems.  Key elements of success include creating a culture of continuous improvement and tight integration of hardware components, mounting solutions, and firmware as a total system solution.
• Guide product teams with knowledge of CTCT business strategy to create successful lifecycle product roadmaps that include in house development, outsourced solutions, and third-party integrations.
• Develop and manage operating budgets, staffing plans, and team empowerment to achieve business objectives, with emphasis on lifecycle management of high quality Hardware Solutions.
• Develop and lead the execution of key performance metrics across Hardware Solutions. 
• Drive world class product quality results through DFX (Design for Excellence) and CPI (Continuous Product Improvement) best practices.
• Identify and develop strategic partnerships and relationships with suppliers to meet current and future product needs.
• Ensure that products meet regulatory, environmental, and cybersecurity compliance requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Seek innovative ways to improve development productivity and effectiveness through the introduction of new technologies, development best practices, KPIs, and controls.

• Manage the engineering staff and activities with an emphasis on organizational goals achievement, professional development and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and continuously improve product and process performance, quality and cost-effectiveness for all engineering activities and deliverables.
• Provide leadership to create and maintain processes used to design, develop and manufacture components, systems, products, services, and technologies.
• Manage engineering product and manufacturing process or quality issues, from concept through end of life-cycle.

Skill Descriptors
Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
• Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
• Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
• Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
• Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
• Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
• Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
• Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
• Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
• Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
Communicating for Impact: Knowledge of the concepts, tools and techniques for effective listening and communicating; ability to apply these theories to receive, transmit and accurately interpret information and ideas to influence others in various situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Analyzes the interests or requirements of the audience; shares only relevant information in a direct and efficient manner.
• Adapts standard communication approaches when conducting dialogue with different audiences or conveying messages.
• Explains others' view points and asks questions to ensure mutual understanding.
• Recognizes and assesses cues or unstated intentions behind verbal and nonverbal communication.
• Provides persuasive messages using well-reasoned arguments to address audience concerns or reactions.
Customer/Market Focus: Understanding of the importance of remaining aware of shifting market priorities and ability to respond to internal and external customer needs in a manner that consistently adds value.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Implements improvements to methods for maintaining customer responsiveness.
• Recommends new products and services based on changing customer needs and success criteria.
• Responds proactively to market and competitive shifts so as to maintain advantage.
• Delivers superior customer value consistently and within targets.
• Negotiates successful outcomes on behalf of difficult or dissatisfied customers.
• Coaches others to improve focus on the customer.
Managing People: Knowledge of processes involved in managing people; ability to lead successful teams, and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Anticipates and manages difficult interpersonal situations and conflicts; resolves them to mutual satisfaction.
• Consults within the team; seeks inputs from subordinates and considers all views while making decisions.
• Implements coaching and mentoring programs to ensure the holistic development of employees.
• Monitors employee morale and satisfaction; recognizes employee contributions and achievements.
• Regularly reviews employee performance and provides constructive feedback.
• Works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives.
Collaborating Globally: Knowledge of effective collaboration techniques and ability to build networks with people from different countries and cultures, think and work with them to bring positive impact and flourishing business results.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Evaluates different viewpoints and reconciles conflicting interests to achieve a collective understanding and a group mission.
• Provides optimum solutions for complex problems by using collective intelligence of colleagues' networks.
• Trains others on the new technologies or techniques used to facilitate group interactions and improve collaboration.
• Uses internal and external network of leaderships or experts to help achieve organizational and client goals.
• Facilitates group's thinking and brainstorming activities to collectively create and share ideas.
• Oversees a team collaboration to produce positive business results.
Influencing Through Expertise: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Communicates complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner so that others can understand.
• Exhibits depth and breadth of knowledge, skill, and experience in the relevant field.
• Provides relevant, timely and objective subject matter/process expertise and key insight regarding multiple client business areas and affiliated fields.
• Provides others with information, opportunities, or resources to develop their skills in the area of expertise.
• Discards examples of persuasive arguments lacking evidentiary support or impact.
• Coaches others to enhance their proficiency regarding the tenets, practices, and examples of the 'trusted advisor' credential.

Basic Qualifications ( What Skills & Experience You Should Bring)

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience (15 years).
• Use of DfX (Design for Excellence) approaches and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes in product development of hardware and embedded software systems.
 

Top Candidates will also have

• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and manage high-performing teams in a changing business environment.
• Experience leading product development, manufacturing process development, and/or sustaining engineering for complex systems involving the integration of hardware and software components, with an emphasis on world class quality
• Excellent communication skills with experience articulating business, technology and product strategy and project status to executives and customers.
• Demonstrated ability in the creation and implementation of metrics to effectively measure product quality and overall team performance.

Additional Information

The locations for this position are Mossville, IL; Dayton, OH; and Westminster, CO.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position may require up to 20% travel.

Employee benefit details

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance.  We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details

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Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.     

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