Engineering Team Lead

Caterpillar Brazil; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Paid time off

Relocation assistance

Career development

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an Engineering Team Leader in Indiana to drive complex manufacturing and engineering projects across multiple functions.

You will shape project scope, coordinate teams across sales, product development, and manufacturing, and monitor progress and budgets to deliver results. The role emphasizes strong technical knowledge, leadership, and the ability to drive solutions within a global, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Requires an engineering degree in an accredited program.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, product development, and project coordination.
• Experience leading multi-functional teams on capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.
• Coordinate resources across sales, product development groups, value chain and manufacturing.
• Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project coordination

Education

Engineering degree (accredited)

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.

About LPSD

The Large Power Systems Division (LPSD) is part of Caterpillar’s Power & Energy segment. Through this global organization, Caterpillar designs and manufactures large (greater than 18 liters) diesel and natural gas engines, powertrains and key engine systems. LPSD products and solutions support customers across power generation, industrial, marine, oil & gas, rail, services and Cat® machine applications worldwide. LPSD teams work across regions and functions to deliver safe, reliable and compliant solutions that help solve our customers’ toughest challenges.

Summary

The Engineering Team Leader manages multiple or complex manufacturing and engineering projects involving multiple functions, organizations, products, or value chains.

What you will do

Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities. Coordinating resources across sales and marketing, product development groups, value chain and manufacturing. Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems. Directing project staffing; motivating and developing project team and team members.

Degree Requirement

Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum. Technical degree in Manufacturing, Engineering or other field.

What you will have

Products and Services: Knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations. Level Working Knowledge: Obtains information about product and service linkages with other products and services elsewhere in organization. Researches the target market and how the product and services are sold and delivered. Explains current status, delivery alternatives and announced updates to products and services. Summarizes key features of major products or services in own unit. Assesses own unit's product alternatives, costs, and pricing.

Technical Excellence

Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges. Level Extensive Experience: Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions. Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues. Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions. Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems. Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues. Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Influencing Through Expertise

Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization. Level Working Knowledge: Acquires expertise through training and practical experience in the relevant field. Analyzes the needs, desires, and motivations of the other party to effectively understand a given scenario. Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information. Provides evidentiary support while giving opinions or recommendations to influence decision‑making. Conducts tasks in such a way as to build a strong reputation and credibility as an expert in the field.

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 Extensive Experience: Utilizes preferred tools, techniques and methods for estimating project cost and time. Plans, estimates, staffs, organizes and monitors significant projects. Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates contingency plans. Conducts regular and ad‑hoc project reviews with project team, sponsors, and clients. Maintains open communication among project participants and interested parties. Communicates reporting requirements; creates monitoring and control mechanisms.

Team Management

Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams. Level Working Knowledge: Facilitates discussion of team goals, roles, needs, and responsibilities. Participates in defining the ground rules for individual and team responsibilities. Manages a team to the successful completion of a project or task. Recognizes the contribution of each and every team member publicly. Leads team meetings to review progress and performance, ensuring follow‑up on previous decisions.

Requirements Analysis

Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non‑functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project. Level Extensive Experience: Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms. Ensures the successful completion of all major activities, tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirement analysis stage. Supervises the advanced use of requirements analysis tools and services, including prototyping and use cases. Produces detailed functional and information requirements models and documentation. Trains others on requirements walkthroughs and quality reviews. Utilizes automated diagramming tools to ensure traceability of requirements.

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 Extensive Experience: Evaluates business impact of failure and the criticality and timing of needed resolution. Resolves difficult or high‑impact equipment and systems problems. Monitors machine performance and history; addresses excessive maintenance or repair needs. Coaches others how to resolve integration or communications problems in multi‑vendor environment. Applies specific techniques for isolating a problem and defining resolution approach. Uses advanced diagnostic techniques and tools for unusual or performance‑related problems.

Product Design and Development

Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production. Level Extensive Experience: Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency and effectiveness. Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process. Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services. Develops proof‑of‑concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products. Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems. Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.

What will set you apart

Engine Component Design & Manufacturing experience. Manufacturing Project Leadership on a multi‑functional team. Capital project knowledge and experience. Understanding of NPI principles. New capital introduction management experience.

Salary and Benefits

Pay Range: $112,710.00 - $169,060.00 Compensation and benefits offered 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

• 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

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

Location and Relocation

This position requires working onsite five days a week. Relocation is available for this position. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates

Posting Dates: August 17, 2026 - August 23, 2026 Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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

Company Culture

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.