# Software Test Engineering Manager

Career Area: Technology, Digital and DataJob 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. Job Summary: As the Software Test Engineering Manager you will lead a System Integration Testing team supporting programs within our Platform Engineering organization. The Test Engineering Manager owns the integration test strategy, with a primary focus on back-end testing of APIs, services, data pipelines, and system interfaces. The role also sets the quality standards for end-to-end data flow across system boundaries. It manages the test automation frameworks, environments, and schedules that keep releases on track. It partners with software engineering, product, and architecture teams to confirm release readiness. It also hires, mentors, and dev

- **Id**: 3690749
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-software-test-engineering-manager>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T16:25:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T03:45:59Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5512
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave, Relocation assistance
- **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**: 97
- **Open postings**: 140
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.107
- **Repost share**: 0.014
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 128470
- **Max**: 208770
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 208770

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T16:25:53Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 40; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 343 · green card filings: 92; Filings 12m: 343

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 208770
- **Is top pay**: yes

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