Senior Connectivity Systems Engineer

Caterpillar•Mossville, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Connectivity Systems Engineer provides end-to-end technical leadership for developing, integrating, and delivering machine connectivity capabilities. The role translates product and business needs into system requirements, technical designs, interfaces, and implementation plans, coordinating execution across embedded software, hardware, cloud, cybersecurity, and machine application teams. As the primary technical owner for assigned connectivity features and initiatives, this engineer guides work from concept and requirements through design, integration, validation, and production readiness. The role identifies cross-system dependencies early, resolves technical issues and trade-offs, and helps ensure solutions are scalable and reusable across Product Link and machine platforms. The position is based full-time at Caterpillar’s Mossville, Illinois office and requires up to 10% travel.

Requirements

Knowledge of teamwork and the ability to work cooperatively toward shared goals while supporting people at all levels.
Knowledge of connectivity or other relevant technologies and the ability to develop solutions to significant technical challenges.
Knowledge of requirements-analysis tools, methods, and techniques, including eliciting, analyzing, and documenting functional and non-functional requirements.
Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques, including anticipating, recognizing, and resolving issues across hardware, software, applications, or operations.
Ability to lead complex technical investigations and root cause analysis for connectivity and telematics systems.
Ability to coordinate resolution of technical issues across teams and organizational boundaries.
Ability to translate business and customer requirements into Azure DevOps Epics, Features, and User Stories.

Nice To Haves

Experience with connectivity integration, telematics, machine systems, or connected products.
Experience partnering with Product Management, Engineering, and Platform teams to deliver complex technical solutions.
Demonstrated experience leading features or systems from requirements through integration, validation, and release.
Strong product support and operational experience, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex system-level issues.
Experience collaborating across embedded software, hardware, cloud, cybersecurity, and product teams to deliver customer solutions.
Experience translating customer or business needs into technical requirements.
Experience using Azure DevOps Epics, Features, and User Stories.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end development, integration, validation, and delivery of machine connectivity features and capabilities.
Translate product, business, and customer needs into system requirements, technical designs, interfaces, implementation plans, and Azure DevOps work items.
Coordinate system integration across embedded software, hardware, cloud, cybersecurity, machine application, connectivity platform, and product teams.
Serve as the primary technical owner and interface for assigned connectivity capabilities and initiatives.
Develop product testing and validation strategies and drive validation planning and execution for firmware and connectivity feature releases.
Ensure release readiness, production readiness, and adherence to quality standards and release gates.
Troubleshoot complex system-level issues, lead root cause analysis, and coordinate resolution of field, validation, firmware, and integration issues.
Identify cross-system dependencies, technical risks, and design trade-offs early and drive them through resolution.
Gather customer connectivity feature requests and support their evaluation, prioritization, intake, and technical review.
Refine feature requests by clarifying the requester, business need, funding status, business case, requirements, acceptance criteria, timelines, dependencies, and priority.
Align cross-functional teams on scope, timelines, priorities, ownership, and execution expectations; influence stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
Partner with the aftermarket team on long-term system evolution and obsolescence management.
Support key connectivity initiatives related to Tech Platform 1.0 and advance adoption of technologies including 5G and A7.
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and build effective working relationships with engineering teams and stakeholders.
Apply connectivity and telematics tools and technologies, including Azure DevOps, Datalink Protocols, Onboard Subscription hierarchy, Helios, DSP, VisionLink, and Snowflake.