Test Engineer

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description: 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.

Implements and improves testing, development and validation techniques, processes, tooling and machinery to maximize product quality.

Responsibilities

- Resolving issues regarding the design or manufacturing. Ensuring design acceptance and manufacturing readiness.

- Participating in the adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing software, etc.) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement.

- Planning and improving testing procedures and operations to make the test more reliable, efficient and cost-effective.

- Monitoring results, machine and process capabilities and performance reliability.

- Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum or equivalent experience working in an Engineering function.

Degree Requirement

- Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Basic Understanding:

- Explains the importance of accuracy in own function or unit.

- Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention.

- Identifies the procedures for making sure that results are mistake-free.

- Describes consequences of errors within own unit or function.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Working Knowledge:

- Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.

- Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.

- Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.

- Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.

- Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Level Basic Understanding:

- Explains characteristics and steps in an effective decision-making process.

- Identifies issues and communicates with others when a decision needs to be made.

- Names decision makers in own environment and cites examples of past decisions.

- Describes types of decisions incumbent may and may not make in own job or function.

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.

Level Working Knowledge:

- Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

- Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

- Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

- Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

- Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Level Basic Understanding:

- Uses a structured approach in analyzing and resolving technical problems.

- Seeks opportunities for continual learning to maintain technical competence in pursuit of technical excellence.

- Provides examples or case studies demonstrating technical excellence in actual business scenarios.

- Pursues, prepares for and assumes new technical assignments and challenges.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

Level Basic Understanding:

- Identifies project management tools and requirements within own function.

- Describes the key objectives, phases and deliverables of a current project.

- Explains the concepts of phase, activity, task, and deliverable.

- Gives examples of critical paths in projects.

Product Testing: Knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.

Level Working Knowledge:

- Documents test process and results; prepares and analyzes defect-tracking reports.

- Summarizes features of a specific product-testing process and associated procedures.

- Tests components for compliance with functional requirements and established conventions.

- Discusses and compares usability, safety and integration testing.

- Develops product-testing procedures; participates in selecting testing environment and tools.

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.

Level Working Knowledge:

- Documents common hardware, software and communications problems and likely resolutions.

- Troubleshoots typical technical problems in a specific area.

- Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities to discover application problems.

- Adheres to standard troubleshooting procedures to ensure effectiveness of resolutions.

- Participates in setting evaluation standards and criterion for troubleshooting.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act."

Summary Pay Range:

87,456.00 - 131,184.00

Compensation and benefits may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market, location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance, and experience.  Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits: Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

- Medical, dental, and vision benefits* - Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)* - 401(k) savings plans* - Health Savings Account (HSA)* - Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)* - Health Lifestyle Programs* - Employee Assistance Program* - Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts* - Career Development* - Incentive bonus*

- Disability benefits

- Life Insurance

- Parental leave

- Adoption benefits

- Tuition Reimbursement

- These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

September 5, 2025 - September 19, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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