Engineering Project Team Leader

Caterpillar Inc.•Peoria, IL

1d•$128,470 - $192,710•Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Project Team Lead is the technical lead for Medium Wheel Loader (MWL) machine new product introduction programs. The role defines and aligns machine requirements and content, leads integration across system teams, and drives technical decisions to achieve product, quality, cost, and schedule targets. It connects customer needs and business priorities with engineering execution, validation, manufacturing, and product support to deliver safe, compliant, high-quality machines. The position provides machine-level technical leadership from concept through production; aligns requirements, architecture, interfaces, and content with product strategy and customer needs; and integrates machine systems into a complete solution. It supports design and integration reviews, validation strategy and readiness, production launch, builds, testing, and early field issue resolution. The team lead also communicates technical maturity and risks, guides value engineering, mentors engineers and system leads, and promotes disciplined product development and continuous improvement. The role is based in Peoria, Illinois, and is expected to be performed onsite five days per week. Up to 15% domestic and international travel may be required. Relocation assistance is available; visa sponsorship is not available. The listed summary pay range is $128,470 to $192,710.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related technical field.
Progressive experience in product design, development, machine integration, systems engineering, validation, or current production engineering.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical work across multiple engineering systems and cross-functional teams.
Experience making and communicating technical trade-off decisions using requirements, analysis, test data, risk, and business priorities.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues clearly to technical teams and leadership.

Nice To Haves

Experience serving as the technical lead for a machine new product introduction program.
Experience coordinating multiple system teams and resolving full-machine integration issues.
Ability to make clear technical trade-offs and communicate recommendations to engineering and program leadership.
A demonstrated record of coaching technical talent and building stronger engineering capability.
Expert capability in technical expertise and coaching, product design and development, application design and machine architecture, and machine communication and systems integration.
Proficiency in machine dynamics, cost leadership and value engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and autonomous safety and collision avoidance systems.

Responsibilities

Own machine-level technical leadership for assigned Medium Wheel Loader machine new product introduction programs from concept through production.
Define, document, and align machine-level technical requirements, architecture, interfaces, and content with product strategy and customer needs.
Lead system teams integrating structures, powertrain, hydraulics, electrical systems, controls, software, operator systems, attachments, and emerging technologies.
Drive technical trade-off decisions across performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, compliance, and schedule.
Establish technical priorities, decision paths, and issue ownership, and escalate unresolved risks with fact-based recommendations.
Lead design reviews, integration reviews, technical readiness assessments, and resolution of cross-system issues.
Partner with validation teams to develop machine-level verification and validation strategies, confirm requirements coverage, and close gaps before production release.
Coordinate with manufacturing, supply management, suppliers, product support, commercial teams, and global engineering partners to ensure executable solutions across the value chain.
Monitor technical maturity and communicate status, risks, decisions, and recovery plans to program and engineering leadership.
Support builds, testing, production launch, and early field issue resolution while protecting long-term product integrity.
Guide value engineering and cost leadership activities without compromising customer value, safety, compliance, or quality.
Mentor engineers and system leads, strengthen technical capability, share lessons learned, improve standard work, and promote continuous improvement.