Student Trainee - Software Developer - Community College

Job Description

Description

For more than 90 years, Caterpillar Inc., has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop infrastructure, energy and natural resource assets.

With 2017 sales and revenues of $45.462 billion, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company principally operates through its three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation – and provides financing and related services through its Financial Products segment.

Responsibilities:

This position is for a student trainee to get exposure to design, develop and maintain for software for electronic systems on Caterpillar machine product lines. The candidate will be responsible to document software requirements, test plan development & execution to support caterpillar systems & software teams &/or the candidate will be responsible to develop and maintain software comprised of software written in C and autocode generated from Matlab. 

These positions are open to community college students only.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Must be 16 years of age
• Must have and maintain a 2.8 / 4.0 cumulative GPA
• Candidate must be enrolled in Electronics Technology, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. 
• Must be a full time student attending a community college within driving distance to the Mossville, IL facility
• Must be able to work 10-20 hours per week while attending school full time
• Candidate must have some experience with software programming

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrates leadership
• Experience with C programming
• Familiarity in the application of data links such as CAN/J1939 
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or Pearl
• Basic understanding of electronic hardware and/or working in a lab environment
• Interest in automobile mechanics
• Strong communication, teamwork and analytical skills

These are part time temporary openings located in Mossville, IL. Relocation is not available.

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, 

Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website www.caterpillar.com/careers