Senior Autonomy Site Systems Engineer

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. The “Senior Site System Engineer – Surface Mining” plays a key role in defining, integrating, and validating end to end site technology capabilities for surface mining operations. This position enables scalable, reusable site system solutions by leveraging systems engineering practices and a common representation of site solutions that can be applied across industries (such as surface mining, underground mining, and construction). The role requires the ability to operate effectively in environments with incomplete or evolving requirements and to find balanced solutions when stakeholders present conflicting needs. This role collaborates with both machine and office product teams and works closely with delivery-team architects to ensure integrated solutions conform to established system patterns, interfaces, and engineering standards. The Surface Mining Senior Site System Engineer actively supports New Product Introduction (NPI) programs by defining solution requirements—even in the face of ambiguity—ensuring the solution architecture is validated against those requirements, and reporting progress toward NPI deliverables to the Site Systems Tech Lead/Program Manager. The engineer must demonstrate adaptability in managing unclear or changing requirements and possess the interpersonal skills needed to reconcile and address competing stakeholder priorities.

Requirements

Systems Engineering: Demonstrated experience defining and managing system requirements across complex, multi team product environments.
Proven ability to define end to end solution architecture and interfaces, drive integration strategies, and influence technical direction across machine and office products.
Surface Mining Domain Knowledge: Applied experience with surface mining operations and constraints (safety interactions, operational workflows, and environmental conditions).
Ability to translate surface use cases into scalable site solution definitions that can be reused across industries.
Problem Solving & Integration: Extensive experience recognizing, anticipating, and resolving complex cross team integration problems.
Ability to apply engineering judgment with incomplete data, competing priorities, and long term consequences, while driving alignment on interfaces and validation approach.
Architecture & Engineering Tooling: Hands on experience with systems engineering and architecture practices/tools used to define and validate complex solutions (e.g., requirements management, interface control, modeling, and validation evidence).
Ability to select and apply appropriate tools based on problem context rather than tool familiarity alone.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent relevant experience).
Proven experience leading systems engineering activities on software/hardware product development programs, including requirements, interfaces, and end to end integration.
Experience partnering with solution/product architects and contributing to architecture governance and design review forums.
Experience delivering surface mining site technology solutions (or closely related domains) preferred.
Experience with NPI programs, including architecture validation, requirements traceability, verification planning, and gate/deliverable execution.
Experience working across machine (onboard/embedded) and office software teams, including defining shared data models and interface contracts.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain end to end surface site solution requirements, interfaces, and constraints, using a common representation that supports reuse across industries and products.
Interface with machine teams (onboard/embedded) and office software teams to deliver integrated solutions for surface mining, ensuring consistent system behaviors and data flows end to end.
Partner with architects from delivery teams to shape solution architecture and define interface contracts for surface sites.
Lead architecture activities within NPI programs for surface mining solutions, including requirements traceability, verification planning, technical reviews, and evidence collection for NPI gates/deliverables.
Develop and maintain key systems engineering artifacts for surface site solutions and ensure they remain current as products evolve.
Drive cross team integration planning and support resolution of cross product issues impacting surface site solution performance.
Lead and participate in technical reviews and architectural governance forums, protecting long term solution integrity and ensuring surface mining needs are represented in enterprise decisions.
Report regularly to the Site Systems Tech Lead/Program Manager on progress, risks, and mitigations toward NPI deliverables, escalating gaps and driving closure with accountable teams.