# 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. Role Definition Assesses the supplier quality and ensures that all the products are free from defects and are in compliance with manufacturing specifications and legal standards. Responsibilities Ensuring the quality of supplies by conducting tests and assessments on incoming supplies to identify any quality issues; Developing supplier inspection, testing, and evaluation mechanism. Generating reports on supplier quality, by monitoring their defect rates and areas that can lead to potential flaws; Guiding suppliers to reduce these defect rates. Researching the potential vendors, assessing their manufacturing environment, practices, and procedures; Conducting supplie

- **Id**: 1105829
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-supplier-development-engineer-8>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Tianjin, China, Wuxi, China
- **Countries**: CN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-22T04:48:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T01:13:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 51
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7915
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 176554
- **Name**: Caterpillar
- **Domain**: caterpillar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/caterpillar>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 96
- **Open postings**: 159
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.132
- **Repost share**: 0.025
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 51

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-14T02:00:51Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-10T19:49:39Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-11T06:58:37Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 22
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.604
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 51
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:5, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T06:42:03Z

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