Career Area:
EngineeringJob Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar yourejoining 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 dontjust 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.
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar youre 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 dont 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.
Role Definition
Directing and participating in the design and development of complex engineering projects related to machine development to ensure products provide superior customer value in comparison to the competition in terms of features performance durability and quality with considerations of cost manufacturing velocity and serviceability.
Responsibilities
Developing solutions for complex technical engineering problems and may be accountable for the design or improvement of complex systems including advanced concepts that align the product to the product line strategy.
Understanding of customers needs and product application as well as the competitive products and understanding cost drivers.
Keeping up-to-date with technology and developing increased technical breadth and/or depth.
Designing new products and contributing to establishing the product line strategy for the product group. Examples include: defining the program machine configuration and modularity strategy; evaluating new products and competitive products; communicating technology to customers team members suppliers and other units; supporting and advising other engineers managers marketing personnel customers suppliers and other process partners.
Qualifications/Experience required
Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering Computer Science or Materials Science curriculum or at least 10 years of direct professional experience in lieu of degree.
Key Skills Required
Information Capture: Knowledge of the methods channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify capture and document relevant business information in an auditable organized understandable and easily retrievable manner.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
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 behaviours.
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches tools techniques for recognising anticipating and resolving organisational operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Conceptual Thinking: Knowledge of thinking and reasoning at a conceptual level; ability to identify the critical ideas and interdependencies among system elements that impact performance.
Engineering - MFG: Knowledge of processes techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials structures machines devices systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.
Product Design - MFG: Knowledge of processes approaches tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.
Additional Information:
Working environment - 5 days in office
Sponsorship & Relocation is not supported for this role.
Posting Dates:
March 12 2026 - March 26 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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Required Experience:
IC
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.