Embedded SW Eng Specialist

Career Area: Engineering Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe. When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us. Description Our general goal is to leverage industry expertise and solution to create the Web Framework Layer content, instead of developing our own. The candidate needs to be able to collect needs for all existing and future users within CAT and define overall feature requirements. The candidate will then need to research industry solutions and find the right supplier. Once the solution is identified, the candidate will be accountable to integrate it with the rest of A7 software content and complete the final system validation. Job Duties This is a position for software Architect, to develop “Web Framework Core Layer” within the A7 software architecture, used in upcoming Domain Controller ECM. Web Framework Core layer is a critical software library that includes the following core contents, subject to change. Core/ Services: CEF/CEF Wrapper – common web browser for all applications Web Server – common web server for all applications Sound Manager – implement the defined Tone Strategy and improve over the current generation with regards to fading in/out of tones and mixing of multiple tones, also need to define the integration of multiple applications App Store – Caterpillar curated app store for display/telematics applications on domain controller Core display application: Display Launcher (Multiple Display Management) – content launching management, application placement, display content re-configuration, saving of content preferences per user Basic Qualifications BSEE, BSCE, or BSCS 7-10 years of development experience using C (with emphasis on C 11/14) programming languages 7-10 years of embedded software experience 7-10 Development experience using Object Oriented Design 7 Experience working in a fast-paced, large and global Agile team environment Experience as software architect or team lead for a large cross functional development team Experience working in Ubuntu Top Candidates will also have Excellent communication skills and Strong customer focus Good knowledge on CAT Telematics software architecture & Code Base Good knowledge on CAT display software architecture & Code Base Basic Understanding of CAT A7 Domain Controller architecture strategy Expertise working with CAT internal clients to build consensus on feature requirement Experience and willingness to evaluate external supplier solutions Experience and willingness to create & execute SOW agreement with external suppliers to ensure Time/Cost/Quality Expertise to work with other content owners & SMEs to complete system integration & validation Additional Information The location for this position is Mossville, IL Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected candidate. This position may require less than 10% 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 Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers. For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Submit your information to our Talent Network here. There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.