Laboratory/Support Associate Technician

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.

Role Definition

Provides support to product development team and carries out research and development tasks as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in development of fixtures, concepts, and prototypes for research and development and market analysis.
• Making detailed observations, analyzing data, and interpreting results.
• Compiling results and preparing technical reports and documentation of outcomes.
• Assisting in the building, testing, and analysis of prototypes.
• Perform electrical, mechanical, thermal and sealing test for different electrical components
• Create safe job procedures for the use of each of the test process and equipment used in the lab
• Coordinate the calibration of all the equipment in the lab and make sure all equipment is calibrated
• Review tests plans with engineers
• Perform destructive testing of electrical components
• Manage the schedule for the lab
• Maintain inventory of laboratory supplies and test equipment.
• Purchase equipment and material for the office and laboratory
• Build harnesses for different tests for electrical components
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance of laboratory equipment
• Create administrative and engineering controls for the different tests and situations that may arise in a laboratory setting.

Education Requirements

• Any engineering or bachelor's degree related is required.
• Intermediate-Advanced English-speaking level is required

Skill Descriptors

Accuracy and Attention to Detail:

• Explains the importance of accuracy in own function or unit.

• Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention.

• Identifies the procedures for making sure that results are mistake-free.

• Describes consequences of errors within own unit or function.

• Knows how to perform electrical measurements using different equipment such as oscilloscopes, data acquisition systems, power supplies, environmental test equipment and signal generators.

• Ability to troubleshoot electrical problems during testing.

• Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking:

• Explains characteristics and steps in an effective decision-making process.
• Identifies issues and communicates with others when a decision needs to be made.
• Names decision makers in own environment and cites examples of past decisions.
• Describes types of decisions incumbent may and may not make in own job or function.

Effective Communications:

• Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message.
• Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications.
• Explains the importance of effective business communication.
• Speaks/writes using correct language, mechanics, and gestures.
• Communicates tests problems or any other laboratory issues on a timely manner

Technical Excellence:

• 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.

Understand industry standards and knows how to implement them

Additional Information:

• This position will be in either Santa María or Santa Catarina.
• This position is five-days a week subject to changes and willingness to work sporadically on weekends.
• Work schedule is set from 7am to 4pm.
• Domestic relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• This position may require up to 10% travel. (international and domestic)
• Do not forget to include a resumé in English in your profile in Workday.

Final details:

The Caterpillar Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.

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Posting Dates:

octubre 15, 2026 - octubre 22, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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