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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Grade Control Integration Technical Lead - **Company:** Caterpillar - **Location:** Mossville, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $147,760.0 - $221,640.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Ethernet, Software Engineering, Information Technology - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8ad59ed63cbadf31 ## About the Role * Analytical Thinking: 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. * 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. * Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations. * Technology Advising: Knowledge of effective advisory methods and ability to provide valued information and advice to clients regarding products, technologies, services and solutions for a specific technology domain. * Conceptual Thinking: Knowledge of thinking and reasoning at a conceptual level; ability to identify the critical ideas and interdependencies among system elements that impact performance. * Embedded Systems: Knowledge of embedded systems and their applications; ability to develop embedded systems with varying levels of complexity to control the operations of the machine it is embedded within. * 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 * Product Development in Manufacturing: Knowledge of methodologies, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build and manage manufacturing of new products. Considerations For Top Candidates: * Four-year engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience * Extensive engineering experience * Hands-on experience with electronically controlled mechanical systems * Experience with Grade Control systems * Familiarity with electrical and electronic components along with their function in electrical systems * Familiarity with software development * Knowledge with Datalinks such as CAN and Ethernet * Experience improving machine ease of use * A demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, communicating technical information across departments and business units while driving design activities with a minimum of supervision. ## Description The individual hired for this position will work as part of an engineering team designing, developing, and collaborating with machine design teams on the development of advanced CAT Grade integration strategies for machines. Focus is on development and implementation of CAT Grade software and hardware architecture, and development of performance and ease of use features. Your contributions will include developing solutions which can be integrated into the existing as well as the latest electronic architectures on Caterpillar machines. What You Will Do: * Gather machine level CAT Grade integration requirements and use cases. * Design CAT Grade integration differentiating features supporting technology strategies. * Support the integration of CAT Grade systems and components into new and existing machine designs. * Strong communication and collaboration between the various machine product groups, system, and software teams. * Create the supporting documentation required for machine teams to integrate CAT Grade into machine designs. * Coordination of feature validation activities. ## Related Videos - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [The Avengers Initiative (Practical Ethics for Software Engineers)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2070-the-avengers-initiative-practical-ethics-for-software-engineers) - [Swapping a Data Warehouse at Runtime: Zero-Downtime Migration Without Changing a Single Client](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100311-swapping-a-data-warehouse-at-runtime-zero-downtime-migration-without-changing-a-single-client) - [The Gashlycrumb Tinies of AI Networking You Must Know (or Languish!)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2067-the-gashlycrumb-tinies-of-ai-networking-you-must-know-or-languish) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [Official Opening of WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100000-official-opening-of-wearedevelopers-world-congress-2026) ## Related Articles - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [7 Important Tips That Every Software Developer Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/101-7-important-tips-that-every-software-developer-should-know) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Top Characteristics of a Software Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/166-top-characteristics-of-a-software-engineer)