# Controls System Senior Engineer

Career Area: EngineeringJob 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. The Medium Wheel Loaders (MWL) Product Group, part of Caterpillar's Earthmoving Division (EMD), is seeking an innovative and highly motivated Controls System Senior Engineer to join the MWL Performance & Controls team. In this role, you will develop, integrate, and validate machine control systems that directly impact machine productivity, performance, operator experience, and advanced technology capabilities. You will work across the complete product development lifecycle, from concept development and requirements definition through controls implementation, machine integration, validation, and production support. This position provides the opportunity to work hand

- **Id**: 551906
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-controls-system-senior-engineer>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Peoria, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-08T16:23:24Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T16:47:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 63
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6665
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 176554
- **Name**: Caterpillar
- **Domain**: caterpillar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/caterpillar>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 96
- **Open postings**: 156
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.135
- **Repost share**: 0.026
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 112710
- **Max**: 169060
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 169060

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Simulink** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 62

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-14T02:00:51Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-23T23:27:55Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-09T22:30:41Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 48; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 343 · green card filings: 92; Filings 12m: 343

## Liveness

- **Score**: 20
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.725
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 62
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 169060
- **Is top pay**: yes

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