Control Systems Engineering Specialist

Caterpillar•Tucson, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Cat Technology collaborates with partners across the Caterpillar enterprise to advance technologies including autonomy and automation, which helps enhance site safety, productivity and efficiency across customer operations worldwide. Cat Technology also owns enterprise-wide initiatives in innovation, research and development, manufacturing automation and advanced materials, ensuring Caterpillar continues to lead the industry in technological excellence and engineering innovation. The Control Systems Engineering Specialist applies seasoned engineering judgment to design, integrate, and validate electronic control systems for Caterpillar mining machines. The role works independently within defined technical objectives and contributes to system-level integration decisions for both current production platforms and next-generation electronic architectures. The engineer collaborates across machine systems, electronics, and software teams to deliver robust, production-ready solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
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.
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.
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.
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.
Knowledge of thinking and reasoning at a conceptual level; ability to identify the critical ideas and interdependencies among system elements that impact performance.
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.
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.
Knowledge of methodologies, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build and manage manufacturing of new products.

Nice To Haves

Typically, 5–10 years of embedded control systems development experience
Demonstrated hands-on experience with electrical and electronic control systems
Experience developing machine control requirements and system specifications
Experience with CAN, J1939, and related data link communications
Understanding of mobile machine operation, preferably in construction or mining equipment applications
Experience with CAN, J1939, and Ethernet development and analysis tools
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to diverse audiences
Mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of Caterpillar machine electrical and electronic systems
Experience with MATLAB/Simulink modeling in embedded software environments
Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation and validation processes
Familiarity with software configuration management tools such as Git or ClearCase
Experience developing embedded real-time systems for off-highway, industrial, or mobile applications
Experience with FMEA processes and understanding of electronic system failure modes

Responsibilities

Documenting architecture specifications, software design description, verification plans, test cases, operating procedures, and safety procedures.
Utilizing appropriate tools to debug, test and maintain software and hardware systems; completing the verification and validation process.
Participating in design and development of application software and algorithms for emerging platforms.
Applying engineering judgment to evaluate design tradeoffs, integration risks, and verification approaches.
Working independently on moderately complex system integration problems within established product architectures.
Providing technical guidance to less experienced engineers without formal leadership responsibility.