# Sr Principal Structural 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. Solar Turbines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. is looking for qualified Structural Engineer to provide Balance-of-Plant [BOP] Engineering and Design for projects utilizing Solar’s family of industrial gas turbines. This position is intended as an experienced engineering position for candidates with a minimum of 10 years oil & gas industry experience. Primary role is to fulfill the structural engineering needs for prefabricated modular products for oil & gas facilities engineering in the support of sales and execution for Solar Turbines products. Structural engineer will be responsible for the civil/structural engineering for balance of plant design

- **Id**: 2389662
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/solar-turbines-sr-principal-structural-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Houston, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-12T20:51:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T01:55:28Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 28
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9603
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 1975356
- **Name**: Solar Turbines
- **Domain**: solarturbines.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/solarturbines>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 92
- **Open postings**: 34
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.5
- **Repost share**: 0.029
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 17
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 128470
- **Max**: 192710
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 192710

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 28

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-14T02:00:51Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-26T23:58:00Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-28T03:13:21Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 9 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 9

## Liveness

- **Score**: 25
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.558
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 28
- **Expected fill days**: 17
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 192710
- **Is top pay**: yes

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