# Sr. Associate Design 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. Caterpillar’s Building Construction Products division in Sanford, NC is hiring a Senior Associate Design Engineer in the Compact Track Loaders (CTL) and Skid Steer Loader (SSL) Undercarriage and Drive Systems Team. In this role, you will be a member of the team responsible for the track roller frame, rolling components, axles, tires and tracks for New Product Introduction (NPI) and Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) programs. Other responsibilities include component design and validation, project management, performance analysis, and cost evaluation. This role will be working closely with external suppliers, product support, internal engineering, Product Life Cyc

- **Id**: 3870617
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-sr-associate-design-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sanford, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T20:12:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6118
- **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**: 89210
- **Max**: 133810
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 133810

## Trust

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

## Requirements

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

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T14:16:30Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 45; 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**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 133810
- **Is top pay**: yes

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