Engineering Technical Steward (Advanced Structure)

Caterpillar Inc.•Mossville, IL

1d•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. Job Summary: We are seeking an enterprise-level Technical Fellow/Technical Steward for Structures to set direction, solve the toughest structural challenges, and scale structural engineering capabilities across the organization. This role blends deep expertise in structural component development, manufacturing, simulation, and validation with leadership in advancing digital and AI-enabled engineering methods to transform how we design, analyze, and deliver Caterpillar product structures that provide differentiated customer value in safety, durability, reliability, and sustainability.

Requirements

Products and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.
Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Technology Advising: 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.
Influencing Through Expertise: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.
Product Development in Manufacturing: Knowledge of methodologies, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build and manage manufacturing of new products.
Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product development environment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Structural, Mechanical, Civil, Materials Engineering or equivalent
Extensive experience in structural design, analysis, testing, and manufacturing support.
Demonstrated expertise in fatigue, durability, structural integrity, simulation, and validation methods.
Strong ability to influence technical decisions through expertise and communication.
Experience owning and governing enterprise engineering standards and methods.
Track record of mentoring engineers and scaling expertise across organizations.
Proven leadership in digital engineering and AI-enabled transformation initiatives.
Active engagement with industry, academic, or professional engineering communities.

Responsibilities

Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to support product development and resolve complex technical issues on structural components (including NPI, CPI, and other issue resolution activities).
Own, maintain, & update enterprise references for structures development (including design guides, training courses, Book of Knowledge, SharePoint site, etc.). This includes managing the IPs associated with these references.
Maintain strong industry and academic connections to understand advancements and trends in structural design and assessment, particularly for fatigue.
Facilitate the enterprise Large Structures technical community, including planning regular (historically semi-annual) meetings to share information and leading coordination of the bi-annual Structures Summit.
Manage Large Structures research portfolio, including project proposal prioritization, funding management, and reporting out as requested to the enterprise’s Competitive Product Development steering team.
Organize and deliver technical training courses to engineers across the enterprise, including Structural Weld Fatigue training