Engineering Project Team Leader

Caterpillar•Peoria, IL

23h•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. Lead machine integration. Align technical decisions. Deliver the next generation of Medium Wheel Loaders. Role Summary The Engineering Project Team Lead is the technical lead for Medium Wheel Loader machine new product introduction programs. This role defines and aligns machine requirements and content, leads integration across system teams, and drives technical decisions needed to achieve product, quality, cost, and schedule targets. The Tech Lead connects customer needs, business priorities, engineering execution, validation, manufacturing, and product support to deliver safe, compliant, high-quality machines.

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.

Responsibilities

Own machine-level technical leadership for assigned MWL 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 to integrate structures, powertrain, hydraulics, electrical, controls, software, operator systems, attachments, and emerging technologies into a complete machine solution.
Drive technical trade-off decisions across performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, compliance, and schedule.
Establish clear technical priorities, decision paths, and issue ownership. 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 create a machine-level verification and validation strategy, 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 solutions are executable 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, and promote disciplined product development and continuous improvement.