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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 Summary:

Caterpillar is building advanced automation and autonomy solutions that help customers improve jobsite safety, productivity, and efficiency. We are seeking a Senior Systems Integration Engineer to work across autonomy, digital platforms, machine engineering, manufacturing, and service organizations to ensure subsystems operate together as one coherent, robust solution that meets Caterpillar standards for quality, reliability, and customer trust.

What you will do:

The role is accountable for end‑to‑end technical ownership of system connectivity, data flows, and validation strategies supporting enterprise machine readiness capabilities This role defines how machine data is generated, connected, validated, and consumed to ensure machines are ready to work (“dirt‑ready”) while also driving architectural and process changes required to enable future autonomy, automation, and digital capabilities The role serves as a technical authority for system health, quality, and integration robustness, with responsibility for identifying risks, driving corrective actions, and influencing enterprise roadmaps to improve scalability and resilience.

• Own end‑to‑end system integration for a machine readiness capability across embedded systems, edge environments, and enterprise platforms.
• Establish and govern technical expectations for system connectivity, data completeness, and readiness determination.
• Ensure alignment of subsystem behaviors to deliver a consistent, predictable system outcome across products and regions.
• Ensure machines reliably report the data required to assess readiness, enablement, and configuration correctness.

• Lead end‑to‑end system validation from an enterprise perspective, ensuring all subsystems function together as intended.
• Serve as a technical sign‑off authority for system readiness and integration quality
• Provide senior engineering leadership to determine required changes to onboard architecture and back‑office systems needed to support current and future capabilities.
• Lead improvements in underlying systems, interfaces, and data pipelines to increase resilience and capability maturity.

• Provide technical expertise in a large, global, matrixed organization.
• Communicate complex system behavior clearly to engineering teams, product leaders, and executives.

Skill Descriptors 

• Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience. 

• Managing Multiple Priorities: 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. 

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

• Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of the importance of "big picture" thinking and planning; ability to apply organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization. 

• 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. 

• Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design. 

Considerations for Top Candidates

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience with connected machines, autonomy, automation, telematics, or digital platforms.
• Deep experience with complex, distributed systems that span embedded machines and enterprise platforms.
• Understanding of construction, mining, or industrial equipment environments.
• Prior experience influencing platform or system architecture decisions.
• Understanding of factory systems and capabilities
• Self‑directed leader with strong business and customer awareness.

• Experience delivering technologies through multiple NTI / NPI or platform evolution cycles.

• Passion for improving customer experience through reliable, well‑validated systems
• Ability to adapt quickly as priorities and strategies evolve.

Additional Details:

• This position requires the candidate to be based in Mossville, IL
• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
• Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

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Summary Pay Range:

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.

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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