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Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Description

As a Design Technician, you will be supporting multiple teams creating our industries highest quality visual demonstrations, marketing, and training products.

Job Duties

3D hard surface modeling, 3D model optimization, texture creation, UV mapping, rigging, animating, and rendering

Project management

Quality assurance

Interface with new and existing internal and external clients and suppliers

Process optimization

Basic Qualifications

Associates degree in Art (or equivalent) or equivalent work experience – 2 years in the art field

Experience with production workflows

A student or industry demo reel or portfolio to see examples of previous work

Top Candidates will also have

Strong attention to detail

Critical thinking and strong reasoning skills

Strong working knowledge of 3D model optimization techniques

Strong collaboration and communication skills

Strong multi-tasking skills

Additional Information

The location for this position is Rapid City, SD. This job requires a hybrid in office schedule 50% and the incumbent is required to be in the office at minimum one day a week.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

This position may require up to 10% travel.

Employee benefit details

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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