Quality Test Engineer

Belcan; Mossville (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Belcan seeks a Quality Engineer to validate CMS/Detect safety features on Caterpillar machines, plan test activities, and document results. You will contribute to requirements reviews, test plans, data analysis, and release readiness.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering and 5–7 years of experience, with strong skills in software/system validation, troubleshooting, and technical writing. Office/lab on-site in Illinois; collaboration across software, systems, hardware, and validation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• 5-7 years experience required, open to Masters +4 years.
• Internships as relevant experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and develop or update validation activities for CMS/Detect safety features.
• Plan, execute, and document validation and test plans for embedded software/systems.
• Coordinate across software, systems, hardware, and validation teams for test coverage.
• Create validation evidence, issue triage, data/log analysis, and release-readiness docs.
• Lead design/test reviews and communicate status, risks and validation results.

Skills

Software validation

Troubleshooting

Technical documentation

Blueprint reading

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

5-7 years experience

Masters +4 years considered

Tools

CAN/J1939

Ethernet/TCP-IP

Embedded controllers

Sensors (Radar/Camera/GPS/IMU)

HIL/bench testing

Azure DevOps

Python scripting

Job description

The main function of a quality engineer is to research and test the design, functionality and maintenance of products, equipment, systems and processes and develop quality standards. A typical quality engineer has the ability to read and interpret blueprints, and evaluate product integrity and standards.

Job Responsibilities:

• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical equipment and facilities.
• May write training material and conduct training sessions on quality control activities.
• May specialize in areas of quality control engineering, such as design, incoming material, process control, product evaluation, product reliability, inventory control, metrology, automated testing, software, research and development, and administrative application.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product, or process quality and reliability.

Skills:

• Creativity, verbal and written communication skills, analytical and problem solving ability.
• Team player and detail oriented.
• Basic leadership and mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawing, schematics and computer-generated reports.
• Previous experience with computer applications and software related to engineering field, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD).

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• 5-7 years experience required.

Story Behind the Need – Business Group & Key Projects

• Position’s Contributions to Work Group
• Surrounding team & key projects
• Purpose of this team
• Reason for the request

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

This Quality/Test Engineer will support the Collision Mitigation System / Detect Application work group by helping plan, execute, and document validation activities for embedded safety features used on Caterpillar machines. The role will contribute to requirements review, test plan development, issue triage, data/log analysis, validation evidence, and quality documentation needed to support software and system release readiness.

• Work will be closely tied to CMS / Detect safety technology projects involving sensors, embedded controls, machine integration, and verification of feature behavior against requirements.

Reason/motivation for request:

• Addition to support increased validation workload, test coverage, documentation needs, and cross-functional issue resolution for CMS / Detect software and system programs.

Why this Role?

This role offers hands-on experience with validation of collision mitigation and machine safety systems, including test planning, bench or machine-level execution, troubleshooting, data review, documentation, and collaboration with software, systems, hardware, and validation teams. It is a good fit for someone who enjoys practical problem solving and wants exposure to technology used across Caterpillar machine platforms.

Typical Day or Week in the Role

• Typical task breakdown and rhythm
• Interaction level with team
• Team Structure

Typical task breakdown:

• Review system/software requirements, develop or update test cases, execute bench or machine validation activities, analyze logs and test data, document results, and support issue triage through closure.

Interaction with team

• Frequent interaction with software, systems, validation, hardware, and machine application teams through design reviews, test reviews, daily/weekly coordination, and defect-resolution discussions.

Team Structure

• Part of a global CMS / Detect engineering team supporting embedded software, system integration, validation, and product quality activities across Caterpillar machine programs.

Work environment

• Primarily office/lab-based, on-site environment with work involving engineering collaboration, data review, test documentation, and occasional support for bench or machine-level validation depending on project needs.

Candidate Requirements

• Years of experience required
• Degrees or certifications required
• Top 3 Skills
• Performance indicators

Education & Experience Required:

• Years of experience: Bachelor's degree in engineering required (electrical, electronics, computer, mechanical)
• Degree requirement: 5-7 years experience required, open to Masters +4 years of experience
• Do you accept internships as job experience: yes – only relevant experience

Top 3 Skills

(Required)

• Software/system validation experience, including creating test plans, executing test cases, analyzing results, and documenting evidence against requirements.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills for hardware/software/system integration issues.
• Clear technical documentation and communication skills for test status, defects, risks, and validation results.

Additional Technical Skills

(Required)

• Documentation experience, including test procedures, test reports, issue notes, validation evidence, and release-support artifacts.
• Experience with CAN/J1939, Ethernet/TCP-IP, embedded controllers, sensors such as radar/camera/GPS/IMU, HIL/bench testing, Azure DevOps or similar workflow tools, and basic scripting such as Python is preferred.

Soft Skills

(Required)

• Ability to work effectively with a large, cross-functional, and global engineering team.
• Detail oriented, organized, proactive in communicating blockers, and comfortable following structured engineering and quality processes.
• Limited experience with validation/testing, weak documentation habits, inability to troubleshoot systematically, lack of collaboration in a team environment, or candidates focused only on pure development with little interest in quality/test execution may be poor fits.