Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
作为 Caterpillar 的高级焊接工程师，您将有机会指导和参与结构件的设计和工艺开发，以确保产品具有卓越的强度及疲劳性能，同时有机会参与Caterpillar 中国工厂焊接自动化提升，已确保高焊接效率及低焊接成本。
As a Senior Welding Engineer at Caterpillar, you will lead and participate in the design and process development of structural components to ensure outstanding strength and fatigue performance in CWL. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of welding automation in Caterpillar’s China facilities, ensuring high welding efficiency and low welding costs.
职位描述：
1.精通工程机械结构件先进的焊接装配及焊接工厂的自动化生产，推动新的焊接技术运用到卡特中国工厂
2.了解卡特中国结构件工厂焊接件生产流程，支持卡特中国结构件工厂焊接工厂布局及物料流升级。
3.主导卡特中国区工厂及供应商的焊接审核，帮助卡特工厂及卡特供应商焊接质量提升。
4.结合中国区的焊接特点，支持卡特结构件工程设计团队，对结构件设计进行优化设计。
5.对失效的焊接件进行分析找到失效的直接原因，同时协助客户对竞争对手的焊接件进行分析，以便了竞争对手的质量水平及成本控制。
Job Responsibilities
Provided on side welding technology service for CWL automatic welding line building & upgrading, and BCP structure welding process development.
Possess strong expertise in advanced welding assembly of construction machinery structural components and automated production in welding plants, and drive the application of new welding technologies in Caterpillar’s China facilities.
Understand the production processes of welded structural components in Caterpillar China plants, and support upgrades in welding plant layout and material flow in Caterpillar China structural component facilities.
Support Caterpillar’s structural component engineering design team by optimizing structural component designs based on welding characteristics and practices in China.
Analyze failed welded components to identify the direct causes of failure, and assist in benchmarking competitors’ welded parts to better understand their quality levels and cost control practices.
Skill Descriptors
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
- Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
- Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
- Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
- Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.
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 Working Knowledge:
- Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
- Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
- Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
- Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
- Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
- Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
- Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
- Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
- Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
- Maintains focus on the topic at hand.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
- Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
- Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
- Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.
- Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.
Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Provides input for Gantt or PERT charts or their equivalent to track project progress and status.
- Under guidance, plans and estimates simple projects.
- Assists in detailed project plans including cost, schedule, and resource requirements.
- Obtains information from stakeholders during the planning stage of a project.
- Produces standard project status reports.
Manufacturing Standards, Procedures and Policies: Knowledge of organizational standards, procedures and policies in manufacturing activities; ability to plan, guide, and monitor manufacturing processes for compliance.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Discusses the relevance of standards for a manufacturing environment.
- Researches process and product blueprints for own area.
- Describes and follows all policies, standards and procedures.
- Obtains documentation and information on standards and their usage.
Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Coordinates execution of test plans, including resources, strategy, schedules, processes and tools.
- Collaborates with design team to ensure testing considerations are incorporated into system design.
- Recommends tools and techniques for automating, simplifying and enhancing product testing.
- Compares and contrasts alternative testing methodologies and tools.
- Matches testing methodology and tools to product being tested; develops test scenarios and scripts.
- Estimates time, effort and resources required for thorough testing.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Documents common hardware, software and communications problems and likely resolutions.
- Troubleshoots typical technical problems in a specific area.
- Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities to discover application problems.
- Adheres to standard troubleshooting procedures to ensure effectiveness of resolutions.
- Participates in setting evaluation standards and criterion for troubleshooting.
Prefer Skills
Bachelor’s degree or above in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
Good project management skills, especially for welding line building and structure welding process development.
Familiarity with welding standards for construction machinery components, including GB, ISO, ASTM, etc.; strong expertise in advanced welding assembly of structural components and automated welding production; solid understanding of the relationship among steel materials, welding processes, and the strength and fatigue performance of welded components.
Experience in welding of engineering structural components.
Good command of English in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with strong communication skills.
Basic programming capability, such as Python, C, C++, etc.
优先技能：
金属材料专业本科及以上。
熟悉工程机械件GB，ISO, ASTM等焊接标准，精通工程机械结构件先进的焊接装配及焊接工厂的自动化生产，了解钢材，焊接工艺与焊接件强度和疲劳的关系。
工程结构件焊接经验
良好的英语的听说读写能力，良好的沟通能力
具备一定的编程能力 （Python/C/C++, etc）
This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.
This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:
七月 22, 2026 - 八月 4, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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