Engineering Project Team Leader

Caterpillar Inc.•Lafayette, IN

2d•$128,470 - $192,710•Onsite

About The Position

The Cylinder Pack Engineering Project Team Leader provides technical leadership and strategic direction for cylinder pack products and systems across Caterpillar’s Large Power Systems Division. The role leads engineers responsible for the design, development, validation, and lifecycle management of engine components such as pistons, rings, and liners, ensuring alignment with platform, business, and customer objectives. The position serves as the primary technical focal point for cylinder pack systems, establishing product strategies, technology roadmaps, and long-term development plans for diesel, natural gas, and alternative-fuel reciprocating engines. It provides engineering leadership across programs and platforms, guides technical decisions, manages technical risk, and ensures designs meet performance, durability, manufacturability, quality, and cost objectives. The team leader coaches and develops engineers, supports technical excellence and accountability, and coordinates with global engineering teams, suppliers, manufacturing facilities, and cross-functional stakeholders. The role oversees engineering activities from concept development through production launch and ongoing product support, resolves issues, promotes best practices, and delivers strategic business objectives. It also identifies emerging technologies and future customer and market needs, influences engineering standards, and shapes cylinder pack solutions for future engine platforms. The position is located in Lafayette, Indiana, and requires onsite work five days a week. Domestic 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 an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
Experience with engine system or component design, engine testing, calibration, simulation, or controls development.
Extensive knowledge of products and services and the ability to apply that knowledge to diverse situations.
Extensive knowledge of a technology and its application methods, with the ability to solve significant technical challenges.
Knowledge of influencing tactics and strategies and the ability to use expertise to affect decisions within and outside the organization.
Expert-level project management knowledge, including planning, organizing, monitoring, and controlling projects and using resources efficiently.
Knowledge of team-building techniques and the ability to form and manage effective teams.
Knowledge of requirements analysis tools and techniques and the ability to elicit, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements.
Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques, with the ability to anticipate, detect, and resolve technical problems.
Knowledge of product features and the ability to design and develop products or technologies from concept through production.

Nice To Haves

Ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously and make sound priority decisions.
Master’s degree or higher in Engineering from an accredited curriculum.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
Cylinder pack or engine component design background.
Experience defining validation testing using FMEA and DVP&R methods.
Engine performance and component testing experience.
Understanding of engine platforms and customer applications.
APQP, PPAP, and design release experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as technical owner for PRL cylinder pack components and assume responsibility for their design, development, validation, and lifecycle management.
Lead a team executing New Product Introduction, New Source Introduction, New Technology Introduction, and Continuous Product Improvement programs.
Communicate results to customers, suppliers, team members, and other business units.
Represent the team in meetings with multiple levels of management and with customers.
Set project-level strategy and solve problems relating to a technology, component, product, or process.
Apply product development skills including conceptual design, product or process development, data analysis and extraction, failure resolution and prevention, and requirements management.
Manage technical projects, product requirements, and costs.
Bring together people across multiple teams to solve technical problems and develop cross-functional solutions.
Gather input from a broad team to formulate decisions and develop project outputs.
Plan and manage projects and their business and financial aspects.
Provide a supportive work environment and mentor, coach, and develop others.
Manage personal professional development.
Direct or conduct analytical simulation work, including providing boundary conditions and load inputs and evaluating results.
Coordinate with global engineering teams, suppliers, manufacturing facilities, and cross-functional stakeholders from concept through production launch and product support.
Guide technical decisions, manage technical risk, facilitate issue resolution, and ensure product designs meet performance, durability, manufacturability, quality, and cost objectives.
Identify emerging technologies and future customer and market needs, influence engineering standards, and shape future cylinder pack products and systems.