Career Area:Engineering
Job Description:Role DefinitionCaterpillar is seeking an
Engineering Manager to lead the SC2 Command Center team within Engineering Data Acquisition & Analytics. This team plays a critical role in delivering machine data that supports product development, validation, analytics, and enterprise decision-making across Caterpillar.
The successful candidate will lead a team of engineers and technical specialists responsible for the acquisition, management, validation, and delivery of machine connectivity and telematics data. This position requires a balance of people leadership, technical leadership, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration with product groups, data analytics teams, software organizations, and business partners.
As the manager of the SuperComm Command Center team, you will be responsible for enabling reliable access to machine-generated data while driving continuous improvement of the systems, processes, and technologies that support Caterpillar's digital and analytics strategy.
What You Will Do- Lead and develop a high-performing team of engineers and technical professionals supporting SC2 data platforms and services.
- Provide technical and strategic leadership for machine connectivity and engineering data acquisition solutions.
- Oversee systems and processes used to collect, validate, manage, and distribute machine telematics and operational data.
- Drive reliability, scalability, and quality improvements across data acquisition platforms and supporting infrastructure.
- Partner with engineering, analytics, software, and product teams to define priorities and deliver business value.
- Manage project execution, resource planning, budgeting, and staffing activities.
- Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, performance management, and career development.
- Support enterprise initiatives focused on data-driven engineering, machine insights, connectivity, and digital transformation.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Lead teams and projects that span multiple geographic locations and business organizations.
Degree RequirementBachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related technical field.
What You Will Have:Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
- Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
- Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
- Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
- Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
- Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Extensive Experience:
- 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.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
- Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
- Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
- Communicates well downward, upward, and outward.
- Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
- Maintains focus on the topic at hand.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
- Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
- Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
- Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
- Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
- Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
Collaborating Globally: Knowledge of effective collaboration techniques and ability to build networks with people from different countries and cultures, think and work with them to bring positive impact and flourishing business results.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Shares information, thoughts and resources with other team members or colleagues.
- Participates in brainstorming sessions to share new ideas and complete group tasks.
- Recognizes and adapts to differences in background, culture, language and work style, when working with others.
- Initiates communication with other individuals or teams to solve shared problems cooperatively.
- Builds a network of colleagues from other areas with diverse expertise and capabilities.
Project Management: Knowledge 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.
Level Extensive Experience:
- 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.
What Sets You Apart:- Experience with connected products, machine telematics, or machine data acquisition systems.
- Experience working with large-scale engineering data environments.
- Experience leading software, data, or digital product development teams.
- Knowledge of cloud-based data architectures and enterprise data platforms.
- Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and data lifecycle management practices.
- Familiarity with Caterpillar machine data systems and engineering data processes.
Additional Information:- Relocation is available.
- Sponsorship is not available.
Summary Pay Range:$147,760.00 - $221,640.00
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
This position requires working onsite five days a week.
Relocation is available for this position.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:August 12, 2026 - August 18, 2026
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
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