Automation & Application Developer

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Job Title:
Automation & Application Developer

Location:
Peterborough UK

25 days annual leave

Up to 10% Bonus

Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employees contribution Up to 10%

Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employees contribution.

Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans EV car lease holiday purchase.

Caterpillars Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) designs tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L Cat and Perkins engines that power over 5000 applications including Marine Petroleum Industrial Applications Electric Generators and Locomotives. Caterpillars company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.

Join our team and be a valued contributor working collaboratively within a group of developers supporting a global Test Data Systems (TDS) team UK and China. TDS exists to provide world leading automation solutions to maximise availability capability and quality data output (throughput) for our Test Facilities (testbeds) developing off-highway industrial power systems (Battery eDriveline and internal combustion engine products).

• Role is 5 days a week on site in Peterborough
• No travel requirements (project opportunities may arise)

Automation development for power system test cells using 3rd party software:

• Morphée
• CANape
• DATaQ Pro
• Matlab
• Osiris

With opportunities to support development and maintenance of in-house desktop applications and scripts used to support the automation of the end-to-end test process.

Work within an Agile work process utilising Azure Dev Ops

Information Capture:
Knowledge of the methods channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify capture and document relevant business information in an auditable organized understandable and easily retrievable manner.

Level Working Knowledge:

Follows defined procedures to document all routine information.

Identifies relevant established standards policies and practices.

Fulfills routine information capture needs in own area.

Uses automated tools to capture organize and archive relevant information.

Cites examples of different types of relevant information that need to be captured.

Standard Operating Procedures:
Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations in order to increase operational efficiency.

Level Working Knowledge:

Adjusts SOPs according to changes in organizational and industry procedures.

Tracks deviations from and modifications to existing SOPs in business operations.

Ensures compliance with industry standards regulations and policies.

Assists in establishing a standard operating procedure based on workflow and environment review.

Reviews the efficiency of standard operating procedures in terms of performance improvement.

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.

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 Working Knowledge:

Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

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…