Digital Manufacturing Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.; Piracicaba; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Private pension plan

Profit share

Transportation

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team in Brazil.

You will own the Manufacturing Systems Roadmap and work with IT, corporate teams, and suppliers to ensure alignment with business strategy and global standards. The role focuses on innovation, Industry 4.0, automation projects, and digital solutions integration across manufacturing operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• Active professional engineering license (CREA) is required.
• English proficiency at an intermediate level is required.

Responsibilities

• Support Manufacturing Systems roadmap in alignment with business strategy and IT guidelines.
• Investigate, evaluate and propose new manufacturing systems and digital solutions for simplification, efficiency and scalability.
• Support Industry 4.0 initiatives, data-driven manufacturing, IoT and smart factory concepts.

Skills

Intermediate English

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Active CREA engineering license

Job description

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.

Career Area

Manufacturing

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

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.

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Job Summary

The Manufacturing Engineer will be part of the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team, with strong focus on Manufacturing Systems and Digital Transformation. This role is responsible for investigating, defining, and driving solutions that simplify processes and increase efficiency across manufacturing systems.

You wll own the Manufacturing Systems Roadmap, working closely with support areas, IT, corporate teams, and key suppliers to ensure alignment with business strategy and global standards.

The position plays a critical role in innovation, Industry 4.0 initiatives, automation projects, and the integration of new digital solutions across manufacturing operations.

This is a highly cross‑functional role, ideal for someone who can connect business needs, technology, and manufacturing processes, influencing decisions and enabling transformation.

What You Will Do

• Support Manufacturing Systems roadmap, ensuring alignment with business strategy and corporate IT guidelines.
• Investigate, evaluate, and propose new manufacturing systems and digital solutions focused on simplification, efficiency, and scalability
• Actively support digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0 initiatives, including data-driven manufacturing, IoT, and smart factory concepts
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, logistics, automation, IT, tech center, and CoE teams to ensure seamless system integration
• Support innovation projects across multiple areas, especially regarding new systems, platforms, and integrations.
• Work closely with automation projects led by other engineering teams, ensuring systems readiness and interoperability
• Translate business and manufacturing challenges into practical, technology-driven solutions
• Engage with key suppliers and technology partners to explore emerging solutions and best practices
• Ensure compliance with corporate architecture, data, cybersecurity, and governance standards
• Lead automation projects related to Manufacturing Engineering areas

What You Will Have

Collaborative Automation: Knowledge of techniques and processes of collaborative automation; ability to develop and deploy cobots to automate manufacturing processes.

Engineering - MFG: Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.

Manufacturing Processes: Knowledge of existing product manufacturing methods, technologies and processes; ability to execute, plan, manage and monitor the entire manufacturing process.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Knowledge of techniques and processes of robotic process automation (RPA); ability to develop and deploy RPA solutions in various industries.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• Active professional engineering license (CREA)
• Intermediate English

Top Candidates Will Also Have

• Pre-Advanced English
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of manufacturing systems and/or data architecture
• Experience with manufacturing process automation
• Knowledge of programming languages

Note: This position requires the candidate to work on-site five days a week.

Some of the offered benefits*

• Medical plan
• Dental plan
• Medicines reimbursement
• Wellhub
• Psychological, Legal, Social and Finance Support Program
• Private pension plan
• Profit share
• Christmas basket
• Transportation
• Life and personal insurance
• Extended maternity and paternity leave
• Employee resources group (Young Professional, Women in Networking, LAMBDA (LGBTQIA+), Latin Group and Active in Sport
• Caterpillar reserves the right to change or modify benefits at any time, subject prior notice and in compliance with legal requirements. Benefit elegibility may vary by position and location.

The Recruitment & Selection area emphasizes that it does not use personal emails and/or emails from other domains (@gmail, @hotmail, etc.) to contact candidates. Available vacancies are only advertised through the company's official channels (www.caterpillar.com/careers.html; https://www.linkedin.com/company/caterpillar-inc), and official Caterpillar emails are mandatory followed by the domain @cat.com. Also, the company does not request any type of payment (bank transfer, pix, etc.) for the purposes of the selection process.

Posting Dates

outubro 14, 2026 - outubro 21, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.