Career Area:

Engineering

Job 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.

Role Definition: As a Design Engineer, you are responsible for design and development of new components and products, and implementation of new technologies to meet requirements of NPI, cost reduction and localization projects. You will broadly work with cross function teams, including engineering team, NPI team, purchasing team, receiving facility quality team, supply chain team, supplier, etc. to ensure goals are achieved.

Responsibilities:

• New product development from project start to full production, understand voice of customer, define technical specification, design, analysis, development, and validation.
• Creating concepts and directing the design and development of drivetrain products.
• Organize and Facilitate/Lead Design Reviews.
• Develop project plan and implement accordingly to drive the project moving forward.
• Engage in Cost Reduction initiatives with robust validation and implementation plans.
• Collaborate with global design teams, operations, purchasing and the supply base to meet product and design cost targets.
• Utilize key product development processes (Advanced product quality planning, Failure mode effectiveness analysis, etc.) inherent in NPI (new product introduction), CPI (continue product improvement), cost reduction projects.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to support on parts development, supplier’s process, and quality control.
• Technical problem solving
• Engineering maintenance of current product

Skill Description:

Analytical Thinking:

• Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
• Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
• Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
• Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.
• Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

Effective Communications:

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Managing Multiple Priorities:

• Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management.
• Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals.
• Completes current work according to assigned priorities.
• Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work.
• Performs at least 2-3 concurrent activities without reducing productivity.

Technical Excellence:

• Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
• Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
• Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
• Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence.
• Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.

Computer-Aided Design & Engineering:

• Generates specifications for parts or components with CAD software.

• Reuses design components via reusable libraries following standard procedures.

• Uses CAD to perform basic drafting such as wire frames, solid objects and array of objects.

• Performs routine changes to computerized schematics or drawings.

• Creates views of objects in 2 and 3 dimensions; creates perspective drawings and orthogonal views.

• Product Design

• MFG:

• Participates in the conception process of a manufacturing product vision.

• Collects and analyzes customer and market requirements, and generates reports.

• Utilizes design methods to implement the construction of a new design model.

• Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.

• Assists in the testing and refinement of a new product design.

Product Design and Development:

• Builds three-dimensional models with basic materials.

• Communicate with professionals to understand various requirements of product design.

• Tests and evaluates alternative means of production being considered for use.

• Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product.

• Assists in building a complex prototype of product.

• Required Qualifications

• Bachelor or master degree in an accredited Engine / Vehicle / Material / Mechanical Engineering curriculum.

• Drivetrain system and related components (transmission, axle, torque converter, or shaft, etc.) design and manufacturing experiences, especially for rotating components

• Familiar with quality management process and tools, such as APQP (advanced product quality planning), FMEA (failure mode effectiveness analysis), PPAP (production parts approval process), etc.

• Manufacturing knowledge and experience on forging, casting, machining, inspection

• Good English skill in reading, writing, and speaking

Posting Dates:

March 10, 2026 - March 30, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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