Senior Product Designer

Caterpillar; Mossville (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking a Senior Product Designer to own the end-to-end product design process across machines, digital products, and connected ecosystems. You will partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to turn customer insights into intuitive experiences, balancing user needs with technical and business constraints.

The role emphasizes systems thinking, ambiguity navigation, and mentorship of designers, with opportunities to influence products from concept to production

Qualifications

• Creativity: knowledge of approaches, tools, and techniques for original thinking and applying it to business situations.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: ability to analyze situations and make informed decisions.
• Web Software Design: ability to design, develop, maintain and enhance web-based software.
• Human-Centered Design (HCD): knowledge of human-centered design and understanding user needs.
• User Experience Design and User Interface Design: ability to design intuitive, user-friendly interfaces that meet goals.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end product design process from discovery through delivery.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to identify needs and define requirements.
• Translate insights into intuitive and scalable product experiences.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs with detailed specifications.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure quality execution and alignment.

Job description

Career Area: Technology, Digital and Data

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.

Senior Product Designer Job Summary

At Caterpillar, User Experience extends beyond the display. We design how people interact with machines, digital products, and connected ecosystems to create experiences that are intuitive, integrated, and trusted. We're seeking a Senior Product Designer who thrives on simplifying complexity and taking ownership of the end-to-end product experience. This role partners closely with Product Management, Engineering, Software teams, and business stakeholders to identify opportunities, define product requirements, shape experience strategy, and deliver solutions that help customers accomplish their work safely, efficiently, and confidently. Success in this role requires systems thinking, curiosity, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while balancing customer needs, technical constraints, and business objectives. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable participating in discovery activities, defining requirements, creating interaction and visual designs, facilitating alignment across teams, and ensuring solutions are successfully delivered. You’ll have the opportunity to influence products from early concept through production, ensuring customer needs, business goals, and technical realities are thoughtfully integrated throughout the entire product lifecycle.

What You’ll Do

• Own the end-to-end product design process from discovery and requirements definition through design, implementation, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product Managers, Engineers, Software teams, and stakeholders to identify customer needs, define product requirements, and influence product strategy.
• Translate customer insights, business objectives, and technical constraints into intuitive and scalable product experiences.
• Leverage and synthesize customer research, stakeholder feedback, workshop outputs, and other discovery insights to uncover opportunities and inform product direction.
• Design user journeys, workflows, information architecture, interaction models, and visual interfaces across machine, application, and connected experiences.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity designs, and detailed specifications that effectively communicate design intent.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering throughout implementation to ensure quality execution and alignment with the intended experience.
• Facilitate workshops and design sessions that align cross-functional teams around customer needs, business priorities, and product outcomes.
• Use customer feedback, usability testing results, analytics, and other insights to validate solutions and continuously improve experiences.
• Contribute to and evolve design systems, interaction patterns, accessibility standards, and design best practices.
• Advocate for Human-Centered Design and Product Design excellence throughout the product development process.
• Mentor designers and contribute to a collaborative, customer-focused design culture.

What You Will Have

• Creativity: Knowledge of the approaches, tools, and techniques for promoting creative, original thinking and ability to apply it to a variety of business situations.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Computer Software Industry: Knowledge of computer software industry; ability to understand future products, vendors, technologies, issues, and trends and directions.
• Web Software Design: Knowledge of web software design; ability to design, develop, maintain and enhance web-based or web-enabled software.
• Human-Centered Design (HCD): Knowledge of Human-Centered Design model, principle, and concepts; ability to understand the perspective of people who experience a problem, their needs, and provide them with a solution which truly meets their needs effectively.
• User Experience Design: Knowledge of user experience design tools, techniques and approaches; ability to design applications that are valued, positively perceived and used by clients.
• User Interface Design: Knowledge of user-centered design principles and human-computer interaction; ability to design and develop intuitive, visually appealing, and user-friendly interfaces that meet business goals and user needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing products that combine hardware and software experiences.
• Familiarity with Human Machine Interface (HMI) design principles.
• Experience working with embedded systems or resource-constrained platforms.
• Experience designing enterprise, industrial, manufacturing, robotics, construction, mining, agriculture, or automotive products.
• Experience with connected products, IoT platforms, and digital ecosystems.
• Experience using customer research, analytics, and data to inform design decisions.
• Familiarity with design systems, scalable component libraries, and accessibility standards.
• Experience working in Agile product development environments.

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for someone who sees beyond individual screens and understands the complete customer and product experience. The ideal candidate is naturally curious, comfortable working through ambiguity, and energized by solving complex problems. They think strategically while remaining hands-on throughout the design process. They ask thoughtful questions, build strong partnerships, and drive alignment across teams. They take ownership of outcomes and understand that successful product design requires balancing customer needs, business goals, and technical realities. They recognize that great design isn't about adding more. It's about helping sophisticated technology feel simple, predictable, trustworthy, and valuable.

What You Will Get

Working with a Fortune 100 leader, you can build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies. We’ve created an inclusive environment for you to explore your passions, make an impact and do the work that really matters.

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

Compensation and benefits

Summary Pay Range: $112,710.00 - $183,140.00 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.

Visa Sponsorship

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates

October 13, 2026 - October 23, 2026

Other

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.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed to and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. 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.