Senior Fatigue & Validation Engineer - Advanced Materials

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Mossville (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Adoption benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to lead advanced materials testing for heavy machinery components at the Mossville Technical Center.

You will develop proprietary tests, analyze fatigue/fracture results, and coordinate external lab work while providing technical reviews to internal clients. The role emphasizes life-prediction modeling inputs, project leadership, and cross-functional collaboration with design and manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, or related fields required.
• Strong analytical thinking with root-cause problem solving.
• Proven decision-making and critical thinking abilities.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to convey complex results.
• Technical excellence and ability to tackle challenging engineering problems.
• Experience with product testing design, planning and execution.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design and manufacturing to select tests, scope timing and budgets, design fixturing, analyze data, and communicate results for life-prediction inputs.
• Lead projects with internal clients, manage plans and budgets, and coordinate with stakeholders and suppliers.
• Provide engineering technical support for fatigue and bolted joint testing across production introductions and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate external labs and universities for testing activities.
• Develop test instructions and guide lab technicians on priorities and day-to-day activities.
• Support safety culture and technical excellence within AMT organization.
• Maintain deep expertise in mechanics of materials, test equipment, instrumentation, and data acquisition/analysis.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Decision Making

Effective Communications

Technical Excellence

Product Testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Creo

MTS/Instron

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to lead advanced materials testing for heavy machinery components at the Mossville Technical Center.

You will develop proprietary tests, analyze fatigue/fracture results, and coordinate external lab work while providing technical reviews to internal clients. The role emphasizes life-prediction modeling inputs, project leadership, and cross-functional collaboration with design and manufacturing teams.