Senior Associate Engineer: Validation & Testing (Onsite)

Caterpillar Brazil; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Mossville, Illinois, seeks a Senior Associate Engineer to support the cooling validation team through planning, data collection, CPI initiatives, and hands-on testing.

You will work with internal engineering teams and external suppliers to develop validation plans, review tests, collect product-health data, and advance toward independently running laboratory testing. This early-career role offers exposure to Caterpillar products and cooling systems while building technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred but not required when offset by strong relevant experience and a technical two-year engineering degree.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and hands-on mechanical aptitude.
• Experience with Creo modeling is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support validation team leads with testing and validation activities.
• Develop DVP&Rs (Design Verification Plans and Reports) and validation plans that define testing requirements, methods, schedules, and acceptance criteria.
• Work with suppliers to execute validation activities.
• Gather and analyze product-health data.
• Support Continuous Product Improvement (CPI) projects.
• Perform hands-on testing activities.
• Review test plans and test reports.
• Progress toward independently running laboratory testing.
• Utilize Creo (or other 3D modeling) to support testing, validation, and engineering activities.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Hands-on testing

Analytical problem-solving

Creo modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Two-year engineering degree

Tools

Creo

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Mossville, Illinois, seeks a Senior Associate Engineer to support the cooling validation team through planning, data collection, CPI initiatives, and hands-on testing.

You will work with internal engineering teams and external suppliers to develop validation plans, review tests, collect product-health data, and advance toward independently running laboratory testing. This early-career role offers exposure to Caterpillar products and cooling systems while building technical