Mossville, Illinois, United States
Onsite
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Career Area:
EngineeringJob 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.
Caterpillar’s Electrification & Energy Solutions (E+ES) Division will focus on delivering advanced electrified power trains, zero-emissions products/technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, micro grid controllers, charging, energy storage systems, lifecycle solutions/services, and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries.
We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. We need self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.
The Senior Engineer – Electrical & Harness Design will serve as the technical owner for electrical harness systems and cabinet-level electrical integration for Caterpillar's Modular Power Conversion System (MPCS) product portfolio. This position is responsible for design control and continuous improvement of low-voltage and high-voltage harnessing systems, electrical schematics, wiring architecture, and electrical component integration.
The successful candidate will work closely with system architects, power electronics, controls, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, validation, sourcing, and suppliers to deliver robust, manufacturable, and serviceable electrical designs that meet product performance, quality, reliability, and compliance objectives. The role also supports next-generation MPCS platform development and new product introduction activities.
What you will do:
Skill Descriptors
Analytical Thinking: Extensive 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.
• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
• Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
• Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
• Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
Effective Communications: Extensive 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.
Managing Multiple Priorities: Extensive 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.
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Technical Excellence: Extensive 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.
Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Extensive 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 - MFG: Extensive knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to
convert customer and market requirements into product design.
• Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the
functionality.
• Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality.
• Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design.
• Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are
met.
• Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses.
• Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.
Product Design and Development: Extensive 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.
This position will be posted until 11:59PM CDT on July 3,2026.
Summary Pay Range:
$112,710.00 - $169,060.00Compensation 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:
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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