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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.\nHelp Build the Future of Caterpillar\nAt Caterpillar, technology always has a purpose, which is to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. Through Cat Technology, we are solving problems by building the intelligence layer that connects machines, data, and people to make jobsites safer, more productive, and more sustainable. By combining deep domain expertise in physical systems with software, connectivity, autonomy, and AI, we deliver solutions that work in the real world-on real jobsites, at global scale.\nYou’ll build and deploy against one of the most unique data foundations-over 1.6 million connected assets generating real-world data daily. These data and platform capabilities are enabling the development of AI models, edge computing architectures, and software systems that scale across fleets, products, and industries. The result will be a new generation of machines that continuously learn, improve, and deliver performance at scale.\nBe Part of What’s Next in Autonomous Construction Sites\nConstruction autonomy is one of the most complex challenges in applied AI, and at Caterpillar, advancements in physical AI, simulation, sensing, and edge computing are turning things that once felt impossible-intelligent machines operating in dynamic jobsites-into reality.\nOur connected ecosystem brings together massive volumes of high-quality data to create a foundation where engineers like you can build and deploy against.\nIf this work motivates you, we invite you to join our team. In these roles, you’ll work at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds. You’ll help design and deliver intelligent systems that enable machines to perceive their environment, make informed decisions, and support safer, more productive operations.\nRole summary: The Mission Release Train Engineer operates the mission lane of the cross-mission execution system for one or two assigned mission teams. This role keeps the assigned missions’ part of the integrated plan, their dependencies, critical-path segments, and Milestone readiness evidence current, credible, and connected. The Mission RTE prepares missions for integrated planning, drives mission-level dependency and action follow-through, compiles readiness evidence ahead of reviews, and supplies one reconciled mission feed to program reporting. The applies one program execution standard, and works day to day with Mission Leads, TPMs, TPOs, Engineering Leads, and Scrum Masters. \nWhat You Will Do\nSanitize mission plan data before it reaches the integrated plan: resolve duplicates, stale dates, unowned work, broken links, and unsupported criticality with the record owner rather than around them.\nMaintain the mission lane of the integrated execution plan for assigned missions, including baseline, forecast, forecast-as-of date, float, owners, and evidence links, reconciled to Azure DevOps.\nPrepare assigned missions for lightweight integrated planning by confirming Objective and Customer Market Requirement inputs, Epic and Feature ownership, capacity inputs, and known dependencies; facilitate mission breakouts and capture committed versus uncommitted outputs.\nMaintain dependency records where assigned missions are a supplier or consumer, including Cat Digital, partner, supplier, and customer-site dependencies, with supplier, consumer, Need By, forecast, status, aging, and next checkpoint.\nResolve mission-to-mission dependencies with peer Mission RTEs and escalate aged, conflicting, or cross-cluster items to the Senior RTE. Maintain the mission segments of the critical-path register with Mission Lead and TPM validation; report date movement separately from remaining buffer and give early warning on float consumption and recovery triggers.\nEnsure Mission Team Sync and mission planning forums produce recorded actions, decisions, risks, and escalations with owners and dates, and that these flow into Cross-Team Integration, Mission Lead Sync, and the defined escalation tiers.\nCompile entry and exit evidence status, gaps, and mitigations for mission Milestones ahead of readiness reviews and Go/No-Go preparation, so Mission Leads can make completion judgments on current evidence.\nPrepare mission change requests with schedule, dependency, and Milestone impacts and route them through RTE-operated change control.\nSupply one reconciled mission feed covering plan, dependencies, readiness, and exceptions to program reporting, including sprint report-outs, the Mission Lead Sync, the weekly program review, and stakeholder updates.\nRoute mission-level impediments to accountable owners using the Ways of Working escalation paths, recording the decision needed, impact, owner, and due date; escalate systemic patterns to the Senior RTE.\nProvide per-team capacity and load signal for planning, contribute findings to Inspect and Adapt, and propose improvements to the Atlas execution standard without creating mission-specific variants.\nWhat You Will Have\nPlanning: Tactical and Strategic: Ability to translate Objectives and Milestones into a credible mission-level plan with sequencing, dependencies, checkpoints, and early recovery triggers, and to connect near-term sprint signal to the integrated release plan.\nProject Administration: Ability to report dependencies, conflicts, and date status accurately; surface problems to the right owners; and run disciplined action, decision, and escalation follow-through.\nIT Project Control and Reporting: Ability to monitor execution signal across multiple teams, use critical-path and dependency views, rework plans so intermediate dates remain attainable, and report position and buffer separately.\nDecision Making and Critical Thinking: Ability to distinguish facts, forecasts, assumptions, and owner judgments; recognize when an item needs escalation; and frame the decision needed rather than forwarding raw status.\nData Gathering and Reporting: Ability to review and verify execution data for accuracy, reconcile Azure DevOps records with plans and reports, and make data-quality exceptions visible without manufacturing status.\nIT Project Management: Knowledge of agile and scaled-agile delivery, release planning, Milestone readiness, and risk management across interdependent technical teams. Facilitation and Influence: Ability to run focused working sessions and hold Mission Leads, TPMs, TPOs, and engineers to commitments without direct authority or taking over their decisions. Ability to write concise, traceable mission updates and escalations that technical teams and program leaders can act on.\nTop Candidates Will Have\nExperience coordinating delivery across multiple interdependent engineering or technical teams, ideally as an RTE, program manager, project manager, or senior Scrum Master with cross-team scope.\nDemonstrated ability to maintain plans, dependency registers, and critical-path views and keep them current enough to drive decisions.\nExperience preparing teams for scaled or cross-team planning events and capturing committed versus uncommitted outcomes.\nExperience compiling Milestone or release readiness evidence, entry and exit criteria, and gap lists ahead of Go/No-Go reviews.\nWorking knowledge of Azure DevOps, including work-item hierarchy, dependency links, queries, tags, and history; familiarity with Power BI, Confluence, Microsoft Project, and Excel.\nExperience with autonomy, connected-machine, hardware and software integration, data-collection programs, supplier-dependent builds, or customer-site deployments.\nComfort challenging dates and dependency claims constructively and escalating early, with the decision needed, impact, owner, and due date clearly stated.\nAbility to follow and strengthen an existing operating standard rather than introducing parallel meetings, trackers, or reports.\nAdditional Details\nDomestic relocation assistance is available for this position.\nThis position requires the candidate to be based in Dallas, TX.\nVisa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.\nSummary Pay Range:\n$128,470.00 - $192,710.00Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-relatedknowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.\nBenefits:\nSubject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.\nMedical, dental, and vision benefits*\n\nPaid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*\n\n401(k) savings plans*\n\nHealth Savings Account (HSA)*\n\nFlexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*\n\nHealth Lifestyle Programs*\n\nEmployee Assistance Program*\n\nVoluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*\n\nCareer Development*\n\nIncentive bonus*\n\nDisability benefits\n\nLife Insurance\n\nParental leave\n\nAdoption benefits\n\nTuition Reimbursement\n\n* These benefits also apply to part-time employees\nPosting Dates:\nAny offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.\nCaterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.\nNot ready to apply? 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