2024 Data Science Recent Grad Positions – Cat Digital

Career Area

Information Analytics

At Caterpillar, we believe in The Power of Everyone. Our competitive advantage as a Fortune 100 leader begins with our employees who remain passionate, innovative, and diverse. Our most valuable work comes from the inclusive environment we’ve fostered to celebrate people of all backgrounds, ensuring everyone feels seen, heard, and valued. United under our Values in Action, our dedicated teams at Caterpillar do the work to build a better world.

Cat® Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over one million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better world. Here, you’ll be able to build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies.

As a Data Science/Analyst Professional, you may work on locating and obtaining data from various internal and external sources; collecting Critical Customer Requirements; applying associated digital technologies; communicating with internal customers, team members, and stake holders; answering routine requests for information; and providing support to the teams on which you serve.

Our teams are focused on using IoT and other data, technology, advanced analytics, and AI capabilities. Caterpillar uses quantitative methods such as business simulations, data mining, and advanced statistical techniques to solve problems. You may use data analysis, data management, and/or data visualization skills as an individual contributor to project teams tasked with solving business problems.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be able/willing to relocate to work location
• Minimum cumulative GPA requirement 3.0/ 4.0 (no rounding)
• Currently attending or recently graduated from a 4-year accredited university/college or have completed a minimum bachelor’s degree in data science, data analytics, statistics, economics, mathematics, or related program
• Graduation date between April 2023 through June 2024

Top Candidate Will Also Have

• Experience visualizing solutions using tools such as Tableau or Power BI
• IoT, eCommerce, or Revenue Growth analytics experience
• Strong technical & problem-solving skills with accuracy & attention to detail
• Experience building and training machine learning analytics models including deep learning techniques
• Database structures such as SQL, NoSQL, Snowflake, Django, MongoDB, etc.
• Applied math, numerical techniques & modeling experience
• Experience with AWS boto3, S3, EC2, SQS, Fargate, etc. – are these specific Cat platforms or widespread?
• Experience analyzing time series data files in HDF, netCDF, Parquet, Avro, or other big data file formats
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment

Additional Information

• Basic relocation may be available, dependent on relocation qualifications
• Candidates hired for their opportunity will be included in the Cat Digital Early Talent Development Program which will include programming around Technical, Professional and Caterpillar acumen
• Locations for this position are typically Chicago and Peoria Illinois, Dallas Texas or Westminster Colorado

Start Dates

Please note, we typically start our new employees for early talent in cohorts. The next cohort start dates are currently scheduled for January / February 2024 and/or Summer 2024.

Compensation And Benefits

Base salary for this role ranges from $75,900 and $137,436. For Digital and Analytics Early Talent, actual salary will be based on degree, completed degree level and prior internship experience at Caterpillar. The total rewards package, beyond base salary includes:

Benefits

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines
• Career Development
• Annual incentive plan*
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan including company match
• Medical, dental and vision coverage starting day 1
• Life Insurance
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Parental leave
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

Relocation is available for this position.Visa sponsorship available for eligible applicants.

Summary Pay Range

$75,900.00 - $141,456.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

• Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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