Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
Role Definition
We are seeking a Controls System Engineer. This person will design, develop, and enhance electro-mechanical systems and mechatronic devices to optimize engine and aftertreatment products and systems.
What You Will Do:
- Designing advanced electrical control systems and integrating electrical and mechanical systems.
- Designing and implementing software and procedures to control and enhance electro-mechanical systems and mechatronic devices performance in collaboration with scientists.
- Designing and prototyping mechatronic devices with motors, solenoids, gears, sensors, and springs.
- Identify and address areas of product weakness in finished products.
Degree Requirement
Degree required
What You Will Have:
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Names specific tools or techniques that can be used to support the analytical thinking process.
- Describes specific software applications or products used for business analytics.
- Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been used to resolve problems.
- Helps others research and learn more about business analytics tools and applications.
Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Uses comparisons to familiar ideas when introducing a technical or novel feature.
- Separates fundamental concepts from supporting details in explaining a product or service.
- Explains products and services with little or no use of technical jargon or advanced vocabulary.
- Emphasizes the most important facts or features of a product or service.
- Perceives lack of audience comprehension; further simplifies explanation when needed.
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
- Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
- Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
- Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
- Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.
Embedded Systems: Knowledge of embedded systems and their applications; ability to develop embedded systems with varying levels of complexity to control the operations of the machine it is embedded within.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Cites examples of embedded systems used in daily operation.
- Explains the major characteristics and components of embedded systems.
- Highlights the several applications of embedded systems.
- Lists out the advantages and disadvantages associated with embedded systems.
Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.
Level Basic Understanding:
- Describes problem identification, reporting and escalation procedures.
- Explains the underlying concept of using a systematic approach to solve technical problems.
- Identifies available resources and support systems for troubleshooting.
- Describes common hardware, software and communication problems; finds ways to resolve issues.
Additional Information
- Sponsorship is not available for this position.
- ISE assignment is not available.
Summary Pay Range:
$89,210.00 - $133,810.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
Benefits:
Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
401(k) savings plans*
Health Savings Account (HSA)*
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
Health Lifestyle Programs*
Employee Assistance Program*
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
Career Development*
Incentive bonus*
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement
* These benefits also apply to part-time employees
Posting Dates:
October 15, 2026 - October 20, 2026
