Associate Engineer

About the role

Associate Engineer at Caterpillar Inc. in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, joining a global engineering team that builds stronger, more sustainable communities through manufacturing innovation. Day-to-day, you create and improve engineering designs, processes, tooling, and machinery; resolve manufacturing/build-sequence issues; and collaborate across marketing, purchasing, and manufacturing to deliver customer-ready solutions. This full-time role requires working from the office five days a week.

What you’ll do

• Creating new designs and resolving issues regarding manufacturing or building sequences, ensuring design acceptance and manufacturing readiness
• Participating in the adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer-aided manufacturing software) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction, and quality improvement
• Planning and improving engineering procedures and operations to make products or processes more reliable, efficient, and cost-effective
• Collaborating with all functional areas (marketing, purchasing, manufacturing) to provide design solutions that meet customer and dealer network requirements

What you’ll bring

• Degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum
• Basic understanding of information capture methods, channels, and documentation processes
• Knowledge of standard operating procedures and ability to design, implement, and evaluate them
• Analytical thinking skills to determine root causes and create alternative solutions
• Effective communication skills to transmit, receive, and interpret ideas and information
• Knowledge of design for manufacturability (DFM) guidelines, methodologies, and use cases
• Engineering in a manufacturing environment: processes, techniques, and methods
• Product testing approaches, techniques, and tools to ensure quality at all manufacturing stages

Skills

Education

Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum