Mechanical Design Engineer: Packaged Systems & Turbomachinery

Caterpillar Brazil; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Paid time off

Job summary

Caterpillar Solar Turbines Incorporated, headquartered in San Diego, California, seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer to design, maintain and optimize mechanical systems for integrated packages. You will develop 3D CAD models and drawings for skid-mounted and modular systems, ensuring manufacturability, reliability and compliance across global teams.

The role requires strong mechanical fundamentals, experience with packaged systems, and collaboration with engineering, manufacturing and supply

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of relevant experience or 2+ years with Master’s degree.
• Familiarity with mechanical design principles and exposure to mechanical/hydromechanical systems.
• Proficiency in CAD tools such as Creo and AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support factory testing, design analysis, cost optimization, and system integration.
• Coordinate and lead workstream activities with the SPE team in India, ensuring alignment and execution across global teams.
• Design and release procurement and source control drawings, BOMs, and package configurations (modules and kits).
• Create, maintain, and manage engineering deliverables such as 3D CAD models, technical drawings, and support documentation.
• Apply DFM/DFA principles to improve manufacturability, cost, transportability, and serviceability of packaged systems.
• Perform tolerance analysis and basic structural checks to support design quality, reliability, and cost effectiveness.
• Lead mechanical design and development of package systems from concept through production release.

Skills

Mechanical design

Turbomachinery fundamentals

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Creo

AutoCAD

Windchill

Promis-e

CADDS-5

Job description

Caterpillar Solar Turbines Incorporated, headquartered in San Diego, California, seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer to design, maintain and optimize mechanical systems for integrated packages. You will develop 3D CAD models and drawings for skid-mounted and modular systems, ensuring manufacturability, reliability and compliance across global teams.

The role requires strong mechanical fundamentals, experience with packaged systems, and collaboration with engineering, manufacturing and supply