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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.\nKey Responsibilities :\nLead engineering execution from concept and development through prototype, pilot, and production.\nTranslate customer and product requirements into clear system and subsystem engineering requirements.\n Coordinate component engineers, Design Managers, SMEs, validation teams, manufacturing, procurement, suppliers, quality, service, and compliance teams.\nDevelop and manage engineering plans, milestones, dependencies, technical risks, and recovery actions.\nLead system architecture reviews, design reviews, package DFMEA, technical deep dives, and cross-functional readiness reviews.\nFacilitate system-level decisions and trade-offs involving performance, quality, cost, timing, compliance, and risk.\nCoordinate validation and certification activities covering thermal, structural, vibration, acoustics, electrical, functional, and endurance requirements.\nSupport prototype builds, pilot readiness, supplier deliverables, material readiness, and production release.\nDrive closure of engineering quality issues, validation findings, design-review actions, and technical risks.\nEnsure engineering documentation, calculations, specifications, drawings, SPLs, and engineering changes are complete and compliant.\nCommunicate engineering status, risks, decisions, and support requirements clearly to project and business leadership.\nCapture lessons learned and embed them into future designs, processes, and standard work.\nDegree and Skill Requirements:\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Automotive, or a related engineering discipline.\nHaving enrich engineering experience in product development, system integration, validation, or NPI execution.\nExperience leading complex engineering projects involving multiple systems or technical disciplines.\nWorking knowledge of design reviews, DFMEA, validation planning, risk management, engineering change control, and production readiness.\nStrong technical problem-solving, planning, decision-making, and stakeholder-management skills.\nAbility to lead and influence cross-functional and globally distributed teams.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nExperience with gensets, engines, packaged power systems, industrial equipment, automotive products, or similar complex systems.\nExperience supporting prototype and pilot builds, certification, supplier development, and production introduction.\nKnowledge of thermal, structural, vibration, NVH, electrical, controls, safety, and compliance integration.\nPMP, Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma, or APQP training is advantageous.\nSkill Descriptors\nProducts and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; 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ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nCommunicates complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner so that others can understand.\nExhibits depth and breadth of knowledge, skill, and experience in the relevant field.\nProvides relevant, timely and objective subject matter/process expertise and key insight regarding multiple client business areas and affiliated fields.\nProvides others with information, opportunities, or resources to develop their skills in the area of expertise.\nDiscards examples of persuasive arguments lacking evidentiary support or impact.\nCoaches others to enhance their proficiency regarding the tenets, practices, and examples of the 'trusted advisor' credential.\nProject Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.\nLevel Advanced:\nChampions organization's project management methodology, tools, and techniques.\nManages multiple high-risk, high-cost projects involving multiple stakeholders.\nCoaches others in open communication among project stakeholders.\nMonitors major projects for critical path and actual status versus planned.\nConsults on project planning and management of high-risk, high-impact projects.\nMonitors industry for fresh approaches and tools for project management.\nTeam Management: Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nBrings projects to closure and ensures capture of what can be learned from the experience.\nLeads the definition of team mission and objectives for a variety of teams.\nEmploys appropriate techniques for maintaining team enthusiasm, energy, and focus.\nEnsures that team members are on board, unified, and moving in the same direction.\nCommunicates both within the team and to stakeholders.\nLearns and utilizes special talents and work styles of team members.\nRequirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nPlays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.\nEnsures the successful completion of all major activities, tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirement analysis stage.\nSupervises the advanced use of requirements analysis tools and services, including prototyping and use cases.\nProduces detailed functional and information requirements models and documentation.\nTrains others on requirements walkthroughs and quality reviews.\nUtilizes automated diagramming tools to ensure traceability of requirements.\nTroubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product management environment.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nEvaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.\nResolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.\nMonitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.\nCoaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.\nApplies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.\nUses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.\nProduct Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nDevelops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency and effectiveness.\nCreates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.\nSupervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.\nDevelops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.\nAdvises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.\nDesigns working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.\nThis 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.\nAdditional Information: This job requires 5days in a week working from Office.\nPosting Dates:\nNovember 11, 2026 - November 25, 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply\nNot ready to apply? 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