Cat.com/careers Job Code: 15000714
About Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotive. Our products have evolved from simple mechanical workhorses to sophisticated, electronically controlled work-site solutions. This transformation, along with our smart factories and our integrated dealer network, has provided a wealth of Big Data that is mined and analyzed across various segments such as product development, manufacturing, supply chain, marketing, sales and customer support.
About the Position
As an Analytics Practicum in the Optimization and Advanced Analytics team, you will be immersed in our business and introduced to our analytics tools and techniques, enabling you to provide data-driven insights to be used across our corporation. In some cases, you will be involved in developing new analytics tool customized for Caterpillar applications. Typical problems include: creating new ways of visualizing time-series data, leveraging machine learning algorithms to determining machine applications, and leading the adoption of data analytics tools in our product development process.
Some of the projects will involve research in:
•Video Analytics
•Analytics of Customer’s entire jobsite
•Application of new devices, sensors, and metrics
•Integration of wearables and product data
•Integration of environmental data
•Data Visualization for Product Development
About You - Required Qualifications
•Applicants must have completed or be pursuing an BS undergraduate, or MBA, MS or PhD degree in Actuarial Science, Applied Statistics, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Engineering (various), Computer Science, Economics, Informatics, Information Systems Management, Marketing Analytics, Mathematics, MBA with Technical Undergrad, Operations Research, Predictive Analytics, Quantitative & Computational Finance, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, or equivalent.
•Currently enrolled as a student at the University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign
•Applicants must a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.0/4.0 scale (no rounding)
•Experience with SAS, Python, R, SPSS, Tableau, Hadoop, Java or similar tools
More About You – Desired Qualifications
•Interested in pursuing a career in Data Analytics
•Strong technical and problem solving skills
•Self-Initiative
•Effective communicator
•Work well in team environment
Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside the U.S. which can be found through our employment website
www.caterpillar.com/careers.
All qualified individuals – including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
2) Click on “Search & Apply” under the College/University category
3) Enter number “15000714” in the Job Number Field
4)Click Apply for the position “Analytics Practicum – Optimization and Advanced Analytics”
5)Follow instructions for logging in or setting up an account to submit your resume and information
