Caterpillar Inc., Industrial Power Systems Division, Core Organizational Center of Excellence.Maintain up-to-date BOM structure for C7 and NextGEN Engines to Seguin; support changes with Tier-4, Tier-3, and new engines; virtual audit engine arrangement for completeness; and facilitate in design, cost reduction, machine initiative projects.

Caterpillar Inc., Remanufacturing, Components and Work Tools Division, Tire and Rim GroupKey areas of responsibility include evaluate products and processes; keep up to date on new technologies and implement relevant technologies; communicate technical information to internal customers, team members, suppliers and other units; support and advise other engineers and managers.• Established a web-based Off-The-Road tire database, which maintained by internal employees and supplier representatives to ensure up-to-date data are available for design team across multiple products, by working in conjunction with web development firm and internal Global Information Service.• Perform complete audit of product Reliability and Warranty. Eliminate redundant and faulty claims; resolve unsettled field issues; and initiate Continuous Product Improvement projects.• Conceptualized and developed creative and compelling marketing programs for solid tires used on wheel loaders and undergrounding mining machines.• Utilized advanced analyzing processes and skills to perform high level Finite Element modeling and simulation on rims. Apply FEA in early product development stage to access and solve structural risks.• Hand-on experience in utilizing strain gages / accelerometers to optimize and validate designs.• Worked with cross-functional teams to hit strict project timelines and maintain consistency of existing and new designs to meet product performance and customer requirement across all mining product lines.• Developed detail technical reports, presentations, and updates for Design Reviews.

Caterpillar Inc., Large Power Systems Division, Fuel Systems – Product Development Assisted engineers with development of fuel injection systems. Tested and evaluated injection pressures to ensure designs met system technical requirements. Supported development of integrated fuel lines for high-pressure fuel pump.• Utilized diesel injector nozzle tester to examine pressures of designs.• Conducted mathematical analysis and models to determine flow, strength, failure points and failure modes of components.• Designed fuel storages, delivery systems, brackets, and safety components for industrial engines.• Created models, drawings, and part assemblies using ProE.

Supported four buyers with strategic sourcing of light fabrication parts focusing on low cost with high quality and delivery performance. Communicated with site buyers, analysts and suppliers on a daily basis to maintain workloads regarding price discrepancies, purchase order grieves, and quoting of production / service parts.• Worked closely with light fabrication suppliers to reduce cost of low volume parts and successfully saved $11,697.• Maintained a positive working relationship with suppliers through weekly collaboration meetings.