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# Senior Design Engineer

- **Company:** Caterpillar
- **Location:** Peoria, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $112,710.0 - $169,060.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Creo, Teamcenter (Software)
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3358935186&tx=VT656TYI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

This role requires excellent technical skills, project management, and effective project/daily assignment execution. Strong teamwork, collaboration, and organizational skills, along with solid technical background is essential. You will communicate technical information effectively with development engineers, management, process partners and dealers., * Degree requirement: Bachelor's degree in engineering.

 * **Influencing Through Expertise: ** Proven ability to communicate effectively across global teams, using deep technical knowledge to build trust and drive alignment.
 * **Project Management: ** Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional initiatives, with strong collaboration skills to coordinate efforts and deliver results.
 * Technical Excellence: Candidate must have strong analytical skills and can use various design software (Creo and Teamcenter or similar directly aligned software). Incumbent will develop and provide solutions for significant technical issues related to quality, velocity, and cost objectives.
 * Effective Communication: Strong communication skills, ability to manage multiple projects, and be a self-starter. Ability to build networks with people from different countries and cultures, think and work with them to bring positive impact and flourishing business results.

Top Candidates Will Also Have :

 * Experience in project design engineering & MWL product development.
 * Deep technical expertise with wheel loader machines and applications.
 * Concurrent development experience (with IF plants and/or PF suppliers) with multiple inputs from design, manufacturing, assembly, and product support.
 * Experience in MRP and demand/ordering, product support systems.
 * A strategic mindset with the ability to collaborate across multi-functional teams.
 * Clear communicator that can present to all levels of the organization.
 * Proven leadership and mediation skills and demonstrated capabilities with a focus on consensus building

## Description

* Lead all technical aspects of current production MWL design control and worldwide production.
 * MWL engineering and/or product group leader for major quality events worldwide that impacts machine shipments.
 * Lead the implementation of top-level updates/changes/additions among engineering designers, manufacturing engineers, product engineers at the vehicle plants, MWL commercial staff located globally, and product change coordinators at the plants.
 * L6 Subject Matter Expert for MWL current production product and processes
 * Collaborate and lead engineering system teams to develop improvements or attachments that meet customer and business needs.
 * Support Manufacturing facilities during production ramp-up and New Source Introductions.


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