Senior Engineer - Design

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.

Job Description:

• •Designs, develops, builds, and implements new products, components, or technologies.
• •Accountable for delivering robust, validated, and manufacturable designs across the full product lifecycle.
• •Collaborates with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, product support, and suppliers

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

Researching new materials and competitive products. Organizing, coordinating, and executing the building, testing, and analysis of prototypes.

Assisting supply specialists and buyers with supplier development and supplier performance. Overseeing the efforts of drafting and testing specialists.

Developing and documenting functional requirements and translating into detail design documents. Participating in buy-build analysis for product components.

Participating in and supporting proposal preparation, cost estimates, and technical reports.

Lead or support design changes, releases, and validations by defining design verification plans (DVP&R).

Apply GD&T, materials selection, and structural design principles

Translate customer, regulatory, and functional requirements into detailed engineering specifications.

Perform or support root cause analysis for field, test, or manufacturing issues.

Resolve complex technical problems related to performance, reliability, or durability.

Skills Descriptor

• Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
• Level Extensive Experience:
• •Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
• •Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
• •Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
• •Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
• •Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
• •Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

• Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Level Extensive Experience:
• •Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• •Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• •Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
• •Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
• •Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
• •Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

• Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
• Level Extensive Experience:
• •Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
• •Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
• •Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
• •Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
• •Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
• •Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.

• Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
• Level Extensive Experience:
• •Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
• •Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
• •Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
• •Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
• •Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• •Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

• Product Design - MFG: Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.
• Level Extensive Experience:
• •Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality.
• •Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.
• •Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.
• •Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.
• •Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.
• •Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.

Required Qualifications:

Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.

Fluent in English, written and oral communication

8 to 10 years of experience in Electronics, Electrical, Remanufacturing

Demonstrated experience in Technical problem solving and root cause analysis, Supplier development and technical collaboration.

Able to perform complex work assignments with limited direction

Strong technical skills (data analysis, spreadsheets, failure analysis, geometric tolerancing)

Able to communicate technical information effectively

MS Office tools

Proficient with DFMEAs, PPAPs, DVP&Rs, GD&Ts, etc

Desired Qualifications:

Direct exposure to manufacturing environments, especially: Assembly, Manufacturing, End‑of‑line or component testing.

Quality containment and root cause analysis (ICA’s & RCCA’s).

Experience supporting shop‑floor issues, including rapid response to defects or test failures.

Posting Dates:

October 15, 2026 - October 19, 2026

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

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