Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
Job Summary:
Caterpillar is seeking an experienced engineering professional to lead the integration and delivery of advanced power electronics systems for large mining truck applications as a Design Engineering Specialist. In this role, you will serve as the technical integration lead for high-power inverter cabinet systems, coordinating mechanical, electrical, controls, thermal, manufacturing, and supplier activities to bring complex electrified products from concept through production.
You will collaborate with a global cross-functional team to develop integrated power conversion systems that support Caterpillar's next generation of electrified mining equipment and energy transition initiatives.
Additional Information:
- This position is located in Mossville, IL.
- Domestic travel up to 10% & minimal international travel is required.
- Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.
- Visa sponsorship is NOT offered for this position.
- This position is 5 days on-site.
What you will do:
- Lead the development and integration of large-scale power electronics cabinets used in heavy-duty mining applications.
- Own overall system-level coordination between electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, manufacturing, sourcing, and validation functions.
- Translate product requirements into system architectures, design requirements, and integration plans.
- Drive design reviews, issue resolution, risk management, and engineering decision making throughout the product development cycle.
- Define and manage interfaces between power electronics modules, cooling systems, low-voltage controls, high-voltage distribution, diagnostics, and machine systems.
- Coordinate prototype builds, validation activities, laboratory testing, and machine-level evaluations.
- Partner with suppliers and contract manufacturers to support component sourcing, manufacturability, quality, and production readiness.
- Lead cross-functional teams through design freezes, release milestones, and production launch activities.
- Ensure compliance with engineering quality processes, FMEA activities, validation requirements, and product development standards.
- Communicate technical status, risks, and mitigation plans to engineering leadership and program stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
System Integration Leadership
- Serve as the primary integration focal point for complex power electronics cabinet systems.
- Align multiple engineering disciplines around common technical objectives and project milestones.
- Manage system-level requirements, interfaces, and architecture decisions.
Product Development
- Support development of inverter, converter, protection, diagnostics, cooling, and auxiliary systems.
- Drive design maturity from concept development through production implementation.
- Lead technical problem solving and issue resolution activities.
Validation and Quality
- Develop validation strategies and test plans.
- Support laboratory, vehicle, and field validation activities.
- Drive closure of technical issues identified during development and testing.
Supplier and Manufacturing Collaboration
- Work directly with manufacturing teams and strategic suppliers to ensure production feasibility.
- Support contract manufacturer onboarding, production readiness reviews, and launch activities.
- Identify opportunities to improve quality, cost, reliability, and scalability.
Program Execution
- Manage deliverables against aggressive development schedules.
- Support release planning, design reviews, risk assessments, and milestone execution.
- Provide technical leadership across globally distributed engineering teams.
Successful candidates will be able to:
- Lead delivery of complex electrification programs from concept through launch.
- Drive collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, and supplier teams.
- Balance technical performance, cost, quality, manufacturability, and schedule requirements.
- Build alignment among diverse stakeholders while maintaining ownership of system-level outcomes.
- Deliver innovative solutions that advance Caterpillar's electrification strategy.
What you will have
Degree Requirement
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related technical field.
- Experience leading complex engineering projects involving multiple technical disciplines.
- Experience developing or integrating complex electro-mechanical systems.
- Knowledge of design validation, risk management, and product development processes.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive technical decisions.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Extensive knowledge and experience in decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
• Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
• Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.
Project Management: Extensive knowledge and experience of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
• Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time.
• Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects.
• Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans.
• Conducts regular and ad-hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients.
• Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties.
• Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.
Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Extensive knowledge and experience in tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.
• Coaches others on orthographic, isometric and axonometric projections.
• Presents complex products and systems graphically.
• Performs manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers.
• Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space.
• Consults on benefits and drawbacks of top-down design vs. bottom-up design.
• Compares and contrasts uses of bird's-eye views and worm's-eye views.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Extensive knowledge and experience of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.
• Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution.
• Resolves difficult or high-impact equipment and systems problems.
• Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs.
• Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi-vendor environment.
• Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach.
• Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance-related problems.
Top Candidates Will Have
- Experience with power electronics, electric drive systems, inverters, converters, energy storage systems, or electrified vehicles.
- Experience with high-voltage systems and electrical integration.
- Familiarity with thermal management, cooling systems, and packaging of power electronics.
- Experience supporting prototype builds, validation programs, and production launches.
- Knowledge of DFMEA, APQP, design reviews, and NPI processes.
- Experience working with suppliers and contract manufacturers.
Final Details:
This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers
Summary Pay Range:
$128,470.00 - $192,710.00
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:
September 29, 2026 - October 13, 2026
