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.
About EPD
Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!
Job Summary
Join Caterpillar’s fast-growing Electric Power Division, where you’ll play a hands-on role in designing and delivering mechanical systems that power critical applications such as data centers. As a Senior Associate Engineer, you’ll use 3D modeling tools to develop robust system and component designs, translate functional requirements into detailed engineering solutions, and collaborate closely with manufacturing teams and suppliers. This role offers exposure across the full design lifecycle, from concept and prototyping through validation, while contributing to innovative, real-world products in a highly collaborative engineering environment.
What You Will Do:
Utilize 3D modeling software to develop top-down system and component designs, ensuring system interactions are controlled and manufacturable
Review and interpret customer, dealer, and business requirements; translate them into functional and detailed engineering designs
Support product design and development activities across the full lifecycle, from concept and prototyping through validation and production release
Select materials and components to meet system performance, cost, and manufacturing requirements
Organize and support the design, build, testing, and analysis of prototypes
Prepare and maintain engineering documentation, including functional requirements, design details, and technical reports
Collaborate with manufacturing teams to ensure design acceptance, manufacturing readiness, and buildability
Identify, analyze, and resolve design and manufacturing issues using root cause analysis
Collaborate with suppliers to support component and system design execution and issue resolution
Participate in design reviews and support DFMEAs for system and component validation (leading DFMEAs preferred but not required)
Support proposal development, cost estimates, and technical inputs as needed
Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, including adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering processes
Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, purchasing, manufacturing, sales, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet customer and dealer needs
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by leadership
Degree Requirement
What You Will Have:
Effective Communications: Working knowledge and 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.
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.
Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.
Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Working knowledge of design for manufacturability guidelines, methodologies, and use cases; ability to use this knowledge to optimize product designs and manufacturing operations.
Analyzes the implementation challenges of DFM methodologies and shares them with their supervisors.
Documents each stage of the design process for audit and review purposes.
Follows standard guidelines and best practices while carrying out DFM procedures.
Implements DFM methodologies to standardize product designs, simplify operations, and reduce costs for certain types of manufacturing processes.
Utilizes basic DFM tools and technologies to implement DFM methodologies.
Engineering - MFG: Working 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.
Assists in problem resolution, drafting and writing specifications for engineering practices.
Works with basic, routine components of the engineering discipline in manufacturing.
Performs basic installation, maintenance and repairs for a specific engineering function.
Follows relevant standards, policies and practices in engineering operations.
Reports unusual engineering issues and considerations regarding manufacturing operations to senior staff.
Product Testing: Working knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
Documents test process and results; prepares and analyzes defect-tracking reports.
Summarizes features of a specific product-testing process and associated procedures.
Tests components for compliance with functional requirements and established conventions.
Discusses and compares usability, safety and integration testing.
Develops product-testing procedures; participates in selecting testing environment and tools.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Working knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.
Documents common hardware, software and communications problems and likely resolutions.
Troubleshoots typical technical problems in a specific area.
Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities to discover application problems.
Adheres to standard troubleshooting procedures to ensure effectiveness of resolutions.
Participates in setting evaluation standards and criterion for troubleshooting.
Additional Requirements:
Proven experience in product design and development, from concept through implementation
Strong skills in root cause analysis and problem-solving
Demonstrated mechanical aptitude with hands-on engineering capability
Ability to read, interpret, and apply engineering drawings and technical specifications
Practical, applied design engineering experience (beyond theoretical knowledge)
What Will Put You Ahead:
Prior exposure to manufacturing-driven or production-based design environments
Ability to construct and lead Design Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (DFMEAs)
Experience with generator sets (gensets) or genset enclosures
Experience collaborating closely with suppliers during the design process
Familiarity with product lifecycle support beyond initial design (manufacturing support, design improvements, continuous improvement)
Additional Information
This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.
Travel up to 10% is possible.
Relocation is available for this position.
Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.
This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.
At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For 100 years, we have been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.
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Summary Pay Range:
$87,480.00 - $131,280.00
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:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
401(k) savings plans*
Health Savings Account (HSA)*
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
Health Lifestyle Programs*
Employee Assistance Program*
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
Career Development*
Incentive bonus*
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement
* These benefits also apply to part-time employees
Posting Dates:
December 16, 2025 - January 6, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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