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.
About EPD
Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We're committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!
As an Engineering Te chnology Team Lead in the Large Electric Power Systems Controls team, you will lead team members to solve complex global technical problems while working to create critical components and systems. You will manage the planning and delivery of projects, continually learning and staying abreast of innovative technology, mentoring and coaching team members to deepen your professional network.
This position will provide technical leadership and mentoring to a team responsible for design and function of complex electric systems. The incumbent will provide engineering leadership in interactions with suppliers, team members and other engineering teams through leading key initiatives, documenting requirements, supporting NPI development, testing, validation, and resolution of product problems.
What you will do:
Work with customer facing team to interpret customer requirements
Provide technical guidance including developing requirements
Lead projects to release new products, features, components, and systems
Complete projects on time and on budget
Refine and improve product designs by conducting investigations and developing solutions
Collaborate with other engineering teams to define and meet product requirements
Develop, maintain, and support component and system validation
Provide guidance and support product regulatory compliance and certification
Products and Services: Knowledge of electric power products and services; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
Obtains information about product and service linkages with other products and services elsewhere in organization.
Researches the target market and how the product and services are sold and delivered.
Explains current status, delivery alternatives and announced updates to products and services.
Summarizes key features of major products or services in own unit.
Assesses own unit's product alternatives, costs, and pricing.
Technical Excellence : Knowledge of complex electric systems; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Level Extensive Experience:
Understanding of AC and DC Electrical systems
Experience with Technical writing (product manuals)
Computer networking and communications practices (Ethernet, Modbus, etc.)
Experience with product safety, conformance, and certification (ex. UL, ISO, NEC)
Familiarity with electrical codes and grid codes (ex. IEEE1547, European grid codes)
Experience working with inverter selection or design, and Battery Management Systems (BMS)
Familiarity with Homer, ETAP, and/or SKM
HMI development
PLC programming
Familiarity and ability to work hands-on with industrial control panel
Product Design and Development: Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.
Level Extensive Experience:
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 proto@types of a variety of proposed products or services.
Influencing Through Expertise : Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.
Level Working Knowledge:
Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
Acquires expertise through training and practical experience in the relevant field.
Analyzes the needs, desires, and motivations of the other party to effectively understand a given scenario.
Provides evidentiary support while giving opinions or recommendations to influence decision-making.
Conducts tasks in such a way as to build a strong reputation and credibility as an expert in the field.
Team Management: Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.
Level Working Knowledge:
Manages a team to the successful completion of a project or task.
Ability to communicate technical information effectively with team members and others in the work group, as well employees in other units, customers, and suppliers
Recognizes the contribution of each and every team member publicly.
Leads team meetings to review progress and performance, ensuring follow-up on previous decisions.
Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
Level Extensive Experience:
Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.
Ensures the successful completion of all major activities, tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirement analysis stage.
Supervises the advanced use of requirements analysis tools and services, including prototyping and use cases.
Produces detailed functional and information requirements models and documentation.
Trains others on requirements walkthroughs and quality reviews.
Utilizes automated diagramming tools to ensure traceability of requirements.
Additional information:
Position may be located in Mossville, IL, Griffin, GA, Alpharetta, GA or Lafayette, IN
Relocation is available
Sponsorship is not available
This position requires 5 day in office work schedule
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Summary Pay Range:
$110,520.00 - $165,840.00
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
Relocation is available for this position.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.
Posting Dates:
July 3, 2025 - July 17, 2025
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.
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