Engineering Manager - Intelligent Machine Systems

Caterpillar; Mossville (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Mossville, IL is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead electronic systems and software development teams for mining and construction machinery.

You will oversee staffing, coaching, performance management, and career growth while driving execution across multiple product platforms and global engineering teams. The role emphasizes people, product, and technology leadership, ensuring alignment with machine development programs and delivering high-quality, timely results through

Qualifications

• Staffing, coaching, and performance management experience.
• Ability to develop talent and leadership within engineering teams.
• Strong planning, execution, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with hardware and software integration in complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Staff, coach, mentor, and manage performance of 10-25 engineers.
• Align resources with strategic priorities and drive execution.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with hardware and software teams.

Skills

People Leadership

Product Leadership

Technology Leadership

Strategic Planning

Execution Excellence

Job description

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.

The Intelligent Machine Systems team is seeking Engineering Manager(s) to lead electronic systems and software development teams in New Product Introduction, Lifecycle Management, and the continuous improvement of Caterpillar's electronic systems and software used in mining and construction machinery. These leaders will provide technical, operational, and people leadership to engineering teams which collaborate closely with machine development organizations within Caterpillar's machine product organizations. These teams plan, design, develop, and deliver the electronic systems and software in alignment with machine development programs to meet product objectives. These roles are accountable for talent development, product quality, execution excellence and cross functional collaboration, providing strategic oversight and alignment across global engineering organizations and support teams.

What You Will Do - Engineering Manager:

This role provides direct supervision for engineering team members. The Engineering Manager is accountable for staffing, coaching, mentoring, performance management, career development, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing team culture. They will lead an organization consisting of approximately 10-25 engineering professionals, ensuring organizational effectiveness, aligning resources to strategic priorities, and driving execution across multiple product platforms and engineering teams.

The role provides leadership in the following areas:

People Leadership

• A leader who translates strategy into execution, creating clarity, urgency, and accountability to deliver measurable outcomes. Builds strong cross-functional alignment and effectively influences stakeholders to move priorities forward and resolve barriers to execution.
• Develops and coaches direct reports and emerging leaders, providing opportunities for increased ownership, decision-making, and leadership growth. Builds the next generation of leaders by recognizing potential, providing meaningful feedback, and creating a strong pipeline of capable talent.
• Maintains an active opportunity funnel and prioritizes work based on customer problem severity, business economics, timing, technical feasibility, resource availability, and strategic fit.

Product Leadership

• The team has global product responsibility. The manager will lead the team in new product introduction, life cycle management, problem resolution, cost control, quality, and intellectual property management
• Capture lessons learned to inform future product requirements, product line decisions, and process and organizational improvements.
• Frame ambiguous opportunities into clear project scope, plans, decision points, and recommendations.

Technology Leadership

• Stay engaged with technology and industry trends to align new technology to business opportunities.
• Understand, communicate, and apply technology initiatives across Caterpillar products
• Collaborate closely with engineering partners across hardware and software development teams as well as with machine Product Groups to align and execute product development with quality and velocity.

What You Will Have:

Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.

Level Extensive Experience:

• - Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
• - Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
• - Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
• - Ensures attention to the detail and dependencies of existing departmental-level plans.
• - Plans for allocation of resources in line with unit goals, technical and business objectives.
• - Ensures the planning process is integrated with the overall business plan.

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 Extensive Experience:

• - Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
• - Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
• - Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
• - Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and