Senior Engineering Specialist

Caterpillar•Irving, IL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Caterpillar’s Electric Power Division (EPD) provides integrated solutions, parts, and services for commercial and industrial electric power customers, including applications supporting hospitals, data centers, municipalities, and critical infrastructure. The Grid Code Integration team evaluates global grid codes and product capabilities, manages grid code certification for Caterpillar Electric Power products, and provides technical consultancy and Electric Power Simulation services for grid connections and data center solutions. The Senior Engineering Specialist leads technical consultancy and engineering support for AI data center and large-scale power system applications. The role serves as a subject matter expert for customers, sales teams, and internal stakeholders on prime power solutions, grid integration, grid code compliance, and power system performance. It oversees simulation studies, supports business development, collaborates across Caterpillar divisions to develop integrated power solutions, provides technical leadership and mentorship, and represents Caterpillar in external and customer engagements. The position is onsite five days a week, involves up to 30% domestic and international travel, and offers domestic relocation assistance for qualifying candidates. Visa sponsorship is not available. The position requires a degree, with an electrical background preferred. The listed pay range is $147,760 to $221,640.

Requirements

Degree required; an electrical background is preferred.
Knowledge of electric power systems, including prime power and grid-connected applications, and ability to provide technical consultancy on architecture, performance, and solutions to significant technical challenges.
Expert-level ability to provide technical leadership in data center power systems, prime power applications, grid-connected applications, and power system performance.
Knowledge of power system modeling, simulation tools, and engineering analysis techniques; ability to develop, validate, analyze, and apply simulation models.
Expert-level capability to direct advanced modeling and simulation, and to verify analyses against customer requirements, grid codes, technical standards, and specifications.
Expert-level problem-solving, analytical thinking, communication, accuracy and attention to detail, process management, and project management capabilities.
Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate resources across cross-functional teams and complex customer engagements.
Ability to communicate complex engineering concepts to customers, sales teams, utilities, consultants, and senior leadership.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%.
Must be able to work onsite five days a week.
Visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

Electrical background.
Experience or expertise in AI data center architecture and applications.
Expertise in grid code applications, grid integration, and power system simulation.
Ability to apply practical AI to improve engineering analysis efficiency.

Responsibilities

Provide technical consultancy on AI data center and large-scale power system architectures, helping customers develop robust solutions.
Support business development by providing technical guidance, participating in customer presentations, and consulting during project pursuit and execution.
Oversee power system simulation studies with the Engineering Project Team Lead, including grid connection, transient stability, dynamic performance, and site-level analyses for utility and data center applications.
Collaborate across EPD, LPSD, IDES, Solar Turbines, and other Caterpillar divisions to deliver and influence the development of integrated power solutions.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship within the Prime Power Customer Solutions team, developing best practices, tools, and methodologies.
Serve as a technical subject matter expert on prime power applications, grid integration, grid code compliance, and power system performance.
Represent Caterpillar in discussions with certification bodies, utilities, consultants, customers, and industry organizations.
Direct advanced modeling and power system simulation to validate large-scale power generation solutions.
Establish modeling standards and engineering analysis best practices, and oversee verification and validation against customer requirements, grid codes, standards, and system specifications.
Lead multidisciplinary teams in resolving complex technical challenges and guide customers and project teams through risk assessment and technical trade-offs.
Develop data-driven recommendations using engineering studies, scenario analysis, and performance modeling.
Communicate technical concepts and study results to diverse audiences; prepare technical presentations, reports, and articles, and promote knowledge sharing.
Review engineering analyses and reports for accuracy, consistency, and compliance with standards, utility requirements, and customer specifications.
Lead continuous improvement of engineering processes, workflows, technical standards, and supporting infrastructure.
Oversee multiple complex engineering studies and customer engagements, coordinating resources and meeting technical, schedule, and business objectives.