# Supplier Development Engineer

Career Area: ProcurementJob 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: We are seeking a Supplier Development Engineer. This person will assess and develop the supplier quality and ensure that all the products are free from defects and are in compliance with manufacturing specifications and legal standards. What you will do: Ensuring the quality of supplier parts by conducting Advanced Quality Product Planning prior to production launch. On site assessments of Supplier manufacturing processes and procedures. Evaluating supplier production, inspection, testing, and quality evaluation mechanisms. Documenting process changes. Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to p

- **Id**: 3767700
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-supplier-development-engineer-16>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Lafayette, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T20:36:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T08:05:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8319
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave
- **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**: 146
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.103
- **Repost share**: 0.021
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 112710
- **Max**: 169060
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 169060

## Trust

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

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T20:36:25Z

## 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**: 99
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.993
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:9, wave, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 169060
- **Is top pay**: yes

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