Trimble Mobile Solutions - Dayton, OH
posted about 2 months ago
Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT) is a joint venture between Caterpillar and Trimble, dedicated to transforming the way heavy equipment customers shape the world through innovative solutions. The Global Product Validation Engineer (GPVE) will be an integral part of the Hardware Solutions (HWS) Team, focusing specifically on Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and Angle Sensors. The HWS team is responsible for delivering robust and high-quality hardware solutions that are optimized for performance, cost, and availability, thereby ensuring the success of both Caterpillar and Trimble in the grade control market. The products developed by HWS include components such as brackets, option keys, fasteners, cables, cases, packaging, and labeling. In this role, the GPVE will be responsible for planning, executing, and directing verification and validation (V&V) activities related to IMUs and Angle Sensors across the organization. The primary goal is to ensure that CTCT's grade control platform products meet quality expectations by promoting validation earlier in the product development cycle. This will be achieved by leveraging the team's application and validation knowledge, utilizing world-class evaluation methods, and adhering to best practices. The successful candidate will identify and quantify technical and program risks, develop thorough product validation test plans, and ensure efficient execution of these plans. The GPVE will be dedicated to specific product teams and will report through the validation organization, employing an end-to-end product validation methodology. Key responsibilities include understanding the functionality and application of platform products to ensure effective V&V methods, maintaining expertise through training and hands-on V&V tasks, facilitating product sample size determination for testing, and ensuring that test activities meet established acceptance criteria. The GPVE will also educate product teams on validation expectations and processes, drive the use of risk-based thinking tools, and develop documentation processes for test results. Participation in product risk assessments and leading the development of new procedures for validation needs will also be part of the role. The GPVE will work closely with project managers on planning and execution, follow products through their lifecycle, and engage with other validation engineers to foster effective training and collaboration.