Senior Forged Component Design Engineer

Caterpillar Brazil; México; Presencial; MXN 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Caterpillar in Monterrey, Mexico is seeking a Drivetrain Senior Forged Component Design Engineer to own the lifecycle of gears, shafts, and forged components. You will support NPI, PIC, and cost/quality control, working with customers, suppliers, and internal manufacturing to deliver robust, cost-effective designs.

Your role emphasizes new design creation, design validation, and adoption of advanced manufacturing tech to enhance efficiency and quality across the drivetrain family.

Formación

• Knowledge of information capture methods and documentation practices.
• Experience designing SOPs and evaluating their impact on operations.
• Ability to analyze root causes and develop alternatives to fix problems.
• Strong communication skills to transmit ideas clearly across cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of DFM guidelines and manufacturability considerations.
• Experience engineering in a manufacturing environment and implementing processes.
• Ability to design and execute product tests to ensure quality.
• Troubleshoot technical problems in manufacturing or product development contexts.

Responsabilidades

• Create new designs and resolve manufacturing or build sequence issues.
• Ensure design acceptance and manufacturing readiness for implementations.
• Adopt new technologies and processes to improve efficiency, cost, and quality.
• Plan and improve engineering procedures to enhance reliability and cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborate with marketing, purchasing, and manufacturing to meet customer and dealer requirements.

Conocimientos

Information Capture

SOP

Analytical Thinking

Effective Communications

Design for Manufacturability

Engineering - Manufacturing

Product Testing

Troubleshooting Technical Problems

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum

Descripción del empleo

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.

Job Summary

As a Drivetrain Senior Forged Component Design Engineer in the Caterpillar Drivetrain team in Monterrey, Mexico, you will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of your family of components (Gears, Shafts, Misc. Forged Components). This role supports New Product Introduction, Current Product Improvement, New Source Introduction as well as all levels of the cost and quality of your own design controls. You will work with customers, suppliers and internal manufacturing of the components to achieve the highest result of those quality and cost levels. This role develops component design and manufacturing skills.

What you will do

Creating new designs and resolves issues regarding the manufacturing or building sequences. 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 engineering procedures and operations to make the product or process more reliable, efficient and cost-effective. Collaborating with all functional areas, (marketing, purchasing, manufacturing) to provide a design solution that meets the requirements of the customer and dealer network.

Degree Requirement

Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum. Intermediate to Advanced English-speaking level is required.

Skills you must have

• Information Capture: Knowledge of the methods, channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify, capture and document relevant business information in an auditable, organized, understandable and easily retrievable manner.
• Standard Operating Procedures: Knowledge of established standard operating procedures (SOP); ability to design, implement and evaluate standard operating procedures affecting daily and strategic business operations in order to increase operational efficiency.
• 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.
• 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.
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Knowledge of design for manufacturability guidelines, methodologies, and use cases; ability to use this knowledge to optimize product designs and manufacturing operations.
• Engineering - Manufacturing: 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Additional Information

This position will be located in Caterpillar´s Cienega de Flores campus. This position may require up to 20% travel, domestic and international. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Final details

Caterpillar's Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests or HIV tests as requirements for entry, permanence, or promotion in employment. Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

Posting Dates

agosto 28, 2026 - septiembre 11, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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

Cultural Statement

There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.