Caterpillar, Inc

Senior Engineer - Electrification Site Applications & Integration

Caterpillar, Inc$112K — $169K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
  • Experience in electrification, energy systems, power systems, or charging infrastructure.
  • Leadership experience with multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • Effective written and verbal communication abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Develop site electrification solutions like battery energy storage systems, microgrids, and charging infrastructure.
  • Translate customer requirements into technical specifications and system architectures.
  • Lead integration activities across various system components.
  • Support system validation, testing, and performance optimization.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Prepare and maintain essential engineering documentation and validation reports.
  • Monitor emerging technologies in electrification and site infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Paid time off (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.).
  • 401(k) savings plans with employee contributions.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) options.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) available.
  • Employee Assistance Program and lifestyle programs.
  • Career development opportunities and tuition reimbursement.
Full Job Description
Career Area:
Engineering

Job Description:

Job Summary

As a Senior Engineer - Electrification Site Applications & Integration, you will develop, integrate, validate, and deploy customer-focused electrification solutions for commercial, industrial, and energy applications. You will translate customer requirements into deployable system solutions by integrating energy storage, charging infrastructure, distributed energy resources, controls, communications, and monitoring systems.

Working across multidisciplinary teams, you will ensure solutions meet performance, safety, reliability, and operational objectives while supporting projects from concept through commissioning and field deployment.

Additional Information

  • This position is located in Mossville, IL.
  • Domestic travel is 15% up to 25% & 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

  • Develop site electrification solutions including battery energy storage systems (BESS), charging infrastructure, hybrid energy systems, and microgrids.
  • Translate customer and site requirements into technical specifications, system architectures, equipment selections, and interface definitions.
  • Lead integration activities across electrical, controls, software, communications, and monitoring systems.
  • Support system validation, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
  • Perform technical analysis and root-cause investigations to resolve complex integration and operational issues.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, manufacturing, service, suppliers, and customers to deliver successful site solutions.
  • Prepare and maintain engineering documentation, test plans, validation reports, and technical recommendations.
  • Monitor emerging electrification, energy storage, and site infrastructure technologies and recommend improvements to solution offerings.


What You Will Have

  • Experience in electrification, energy systems, power systems, charging infrastructure, energy storage, or system integration.
  • Experience leading technical work on engineering projects involving multiple disciplines.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.


Key Competencies

  • Site Applications Engineering
  • Systems Integration
  • Power & Energy Systems
  • Validation & Commissioning
  • Customer Focus
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Technical Problem Solving


Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Extensive experience and knowledge of 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.

Product Design and Development: Extensive experience and knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.

  • Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency
  • and effectiveness.
  • Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.
  • Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.
  • Develops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.
  • Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.
  • Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.


Technical Excellence: Extensive experience and knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

  • 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.


Managing Multiple Priorities: Extensive experience and knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.

  • Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
  • Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
  • Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
  • Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
  • Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
  • Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.


Effective Communications: Extensive experience and 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.

  • 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.
  • Continuous Improvement


Degree Requirement

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.


Top Candidates Will Have

  • Experience with BESS, microgrids, EV charging systems, renewable integration, or distributed energy resources.
  • Understanding of utility interconnection, power distribution, and system protection principles.
  • Knowledge of PLC, SCADA, EMS, EPMS, industrial controls, or communications networks.
  • Familiarity with commissioning, validation, and field deployment activities.
  • Experience working directly with customers, suppliers, and field teams.


This position will be posted until 11:59PM CT on 9/17/2026.

Summary Pay Range:

$112,710.00 - $169,060.00

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:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Since its acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. in 2006, Progress Rail has used the Caterpillar international footprint to gain quick and widespread notice and approval across the globe. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been their keys to success. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The technology and world reach of Caterpillar, combined with the service standard and historical reliability of Progress Rail, ensures their products and services make a growing impact on the world rail industry. With their acquisition of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), Progress Rail is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications including freight, intercity passenger, commuter, switching, industrial and mining. EMD is also a global provider of diesel power engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land based oil well drilling rigs and stationary power generation. Electro-Motive is the only diesel engine manufacturer of its size to have produced more than 70,000 engines. This success stems from product reliability, serviceability, load acceptance capability, low operating costs and ease of maintenance with standardized components.

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Market Cap
$125.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.9 billion
Founded
1925
5 Year Trend
+5.8%
Revenue
$41.7 billion
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