Product Service Engineer, Technology

Caterpillar Brazil; Clayton (NC); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

PTO

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX or Clayton, NC is seeking a Product Service Engineer to strengthen our technology products portfolio within the construction industries segment.

You will join a global team focused on improving product health, reducing warranty impact, and delivering support to dealer, service, and field teams. This role offers opportunities for leadership and cross‑functional collaboration, with travel up to 30–50%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required.
• Technical product support experience required.
• Experience with telematics, payload technologies, productivity technologies, site grading technologies, or safety sensing systems preferred.
• Product/customer support, quality, or aftermarket related experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop procedures and plans to ensure product quality and identify deficiencies.
• Collaborate with product teams to correct design flaws.
• Provide support to triage and direct issues to appropriate teams.
• Maximize customer uptime by delivering quick field improvements.
• Coordinate and edit service literature for dealer and customer success in commissioning, maintenance, and service.
• Gather internal and external feedback to identify product improvements.
• Assist in onboarding and deployment for new customers.
• Support data gathering initiatives to provide robust requirement information.
• Work with partners to enable scalable training offerings for dealers and customers.

Skills

Customer Focus

Service Excellence

Data Gathering and Analysis

Effective Communications

Problem Solving

Relationship Management

Technical Excellence

Six Sigma Green Belt

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Career Area: Product Support 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. Caterpillar’s Cat Technology group is searching for a Product Service Engineer for our product development programs focused on supporting Caterpillar’s technology products portfolio within the construction industries segment (CI). In this role, you’ll be part of a team that enhances the acceptability and salability of current and new products (NPI) through meeting product health targets, reducing warranty, achieving NPI product support deliverables, and providing technical support to Caterpillar dealer/technical/service departments, technical field reps, machine and component engineering, and service engineers. The position is suited for individuals that are looking for opportunities for increased leadership, global team collaboration, and exposure to all of Caterpillar’s machine product groups and service parts management teams.

What You Will Do:

• Develop appropriate procedures and plans to ensure product quality and evaluate results to identify deficiencies.
• Collaborating with product teams to correct design flaws as needed.
• Provide support to triage and direct issues to appropriate teams.
• Maximize customer uptime by providing quick field improvements.
• Coordinate, review, and edit service literature to ensure dealer and customer success in commissioning, maintenance, and service the of the end-to-end product.
• Solicit and gather internal and external feedback to identify potential new products and/or improvements to existing products that improve product serviceability.
• Assist in new customer onboarding and deployment.
• Support customer data gathering initiatives to provide technical teams robust requirement information.
• Work with corporate partners to enable scalable training offerings for dealers and customers.

What you will have:

• Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Service Excellence: Knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.
• Data Gathering and Analysis: Knowledge of data gathering and analysis tools, techniques, and processes, ability to collect and synthesize data from a variety of stakeholders and sources in an objective manner to reach a conclusion, goal, or judgement.
• 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.
• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
• Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

Consideration for top candidates:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field or experience in engineering or related field
• Technical product support experience
• Experience with telematics, payload technologies, productivity technologies, site grading technologies, or safety sensing systems
• Product/customer support, quality, or aftermarket related experience
• 6 Sigma Green Belt experience preferred

Additional Details:

• This position requires the candidate to work full-time at the Irving, TX, or Clayton, NC
• Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position
• Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position
• This position will require up to 30-50% travel

Summary 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 *
• These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates: Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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.