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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.\nRole Definition\nDesigns, develops, builds, and implements new products, components, or technologies.\nResponsibilities\nResearching new materials and competitive products. Organizing, coordinating, and executing the building, testing, and analysis of prototypes.\nAssisting supply specialists and buyers with supplier development and supplier performance. Overseeing the efforts of drafting and testing specialists.\nDeveloping and documenting functional requirements and translating into detail design documents. Participating in buy-build analysis for product components.\nParticipating in and supporting proposal preparation, cost estimates, and technical reports.\nRequires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.\nDegree Requirement\nDegree required\nSkill Descriptors\nAnalytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nSeeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.\nOrganizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.\nIdentifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.\nQuantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.\nApproaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.\nChooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.\nEffective 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.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nReviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.\nAdapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.\nDemonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.\nCommunicates well downward, upward, and outward.\nEmploys appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.\nMaintains focus on the topic at hand.\nManaging Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nClarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.\nShifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.\nAddresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.\nWorks with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.\nResponds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.\nDemonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.\nTechnical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nAdvises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.\nEngages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.\nMentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.\nCoaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.\nProvides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.\nAssumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.\nComputer-Aided Design & Engineering: Knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nCoaches others on orthographic, isometric and axonometric projections.\nPresents complex products and systems graphically.\nPerforms manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers.\nDirects the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space.\nConsults on benefits and drawbacks of top-down design vs. bottom-up design.\nCompares and contrasts uses of bird's-eye views and worm's-eye views.\nProduct Design - MFG: Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.\nLevel Extensive Experience:\nDevelops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality.\nAdvises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.\nTrains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.\nMonitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met.\nEvaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.\nControls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.\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:\nOctober 22, 2026 - October 25, 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply\nNot ready to apply? 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