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.
Position Highlights.
Wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar in Wuxi, the second largest R&D center in the world. Young, diverse team with an inclusive, united, and positive working atmosphere. International R&D team, lots of learning and training opportunities, diversified career advancement channels to build personal career success. You will join an elite team with an innovative spirit, while also benefiting from a large network of experience resources at your fingertips. As a Autonomy Component Engineer, you will work with the system team to gather requirements, understand the market outlook and the latest technologies in the market, and develop Lidar products and system solutions based on actual needs to drive Caterpillar's driverless process in China.
JOB DUTIES
Engineers may work in any number of functional areas requiring an engineering degree, including, but not limited to, product design, application and installation, development, research, reliability, product performance/support and service.
The key role of this engineering position is to
• Be responsible for the full life cycle development and maintenance of mass production millimeter wave radar and other automated driving components from concept to mass production.
• Responsible for collecting requirements, pre-research and validation, component selection, technical solution evaluation, supplier communication, upstream and downstream market research, analysis of laws and regulations, and acceptance standards.
• Responsible for the performance and reliability evaluation of component: analyze the functional scenarios, formulate test cases, design test experiments, build test environments and compare different candidate solutions horizontally.
• Responsible for reviewing technical documents and user manuals for hardware design and development. Maintain the product line, including not limited to call back failure parts, analysis and tracking of quality issues, management of legacy and potential obsolete parts, quality data analysis, supply chain assurance, and deployment of new applications. Be responsible for the research and development, design review and project review of NTI projects.
Requirement
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree or above, majoring in computer, communication, electronic information, electromechanics, automation and other related majors.
• Understand the underlying working principles, communication interfaces, key performance indicators and process technology of cameras and vision systems.
• Understanding of product quality control methods, with failure and failure analysis capabilities. Familiar with NPI, APQP process. Good cross-team engineering communication, verbal and written communication skills. English CET-4 or above, excellent English communication and presentation skills. Good ability to write documents independently.
Skill Descriptors
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 Working Knowledge:
• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
Supplier Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Follows procedures in carrying out routine supplier management tasks.
• Uses electronic systems or tools to record/retrieve supplier information and carry out transactions with suppliers.
• Resolves routine supplier issues; escalates non-routine issues up chain of command.
• Researches alternative vendors or suppliers; participates in supplier selection.
• Works with suppliers to ensure that purchases meet delivery date and quality specifications.
Posting Dates:
December 17, 2025 - December 30, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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