Configurator Systems Integration Senior Engineer

Caterpillar•Mossville, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team of makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation, we make it happen alongside our customers, where we work and live. As a Configurator Systems Integration Senior Engineer, you will play a critical role in transforming engineering concepts into integrated, reliable products and technologies that help power the industries that build our world. This position serves as a cross-product integration role supporting convergence, commonality, strategy, and technical alignment across multiple Load & Haul product lines. You will collaborate with engineering teams across Large Wheel Loaders, Wheel Dozers, Compactors, Wheel Tractor Scrapers, Articulated Trucks, and other Load & Haul platforms to drive system integration, platform consistency, and enterprise-wide engineering solutions. If you enjoy solving challenging technical problems, influencing product architecture, and driving innovation across multiple machine platforms, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact at Caterpillar.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited Engineering or related technical curriculum.
Analytical Thinking: Apply advanced analytical techniques to break down complex engineering challenges, evaluate alternatives, assess risks, and drive data-based decisions.
Systems Thinking: Understand interactions between components, subsystems, and technologies while identifying dependencies, constraints, and root causes across complex systems.
Problem Solving: Utilize structured troubleshooting and diagnostic methods to identify issues, evaluate solutions, and implement effective technical resolutions.
Technical Planning: Develop and execute engineering plans, monitor progress against objectives, and adapt strategies to meet evolving program requirements.
Effective Communication: Communicate technical information clearly and effectively with engineers, suppliers, manufacturing teams, and business stakeholders.
Product Development & Integration: Demonstrated experience supporting product development, system integration, component integration, engineering validation, prototype development, or related engineering programs.

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating mechanical, electrical, electronic, embedded, software, or connected-product systems within complex engineering environments.
Strong knowledge of systems engineering principles including requirements management, interface definition, configuration management, verification, and validation.
Experience translating customer, business, and product needs into technical requirements, specifications, architecture models, and test plans.
Demonstrated expertise in FMEA, reliability engineering, root cause analysis, failure investigations, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and cross-functional development efforts involving suppliers and engineering teams.
Familiarity with heavy equipment, engines, industrial machinery, robotics, autonomy, telematics, advanced manufacturing technologies, and managing multiple technical priorities within a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and integration of system architectures, technical requirements, interfaces, and performance targets for new products, components, and technologies across the Load & Haul platforms.
Define system-level requirements, validation strategies, and success criteria that ensure solutions meet customer, business, and product objectives.
Analyze system performance, identify integration risks, and resolve complex technical issues using structured problem-solving and systems engineering principles.
Evaluate emerging technologies, materials, and components while driving innovation and continuous product improvement initiatives.
Develop and support prototypes, proof-of-concept solutions, engineering validation activities, and development testing programs.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and suppliers across all the product lines related to the Load & Haul platform to optimize designs, assess technical capabilities, and deliver high-performing integrated solutions.
Support product quality and reliability through testing, root cause analysis, technical documentation, project execution monitoring, and corrective action implementation.