Senior Real-Time Embedded Grade Control Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.; Mossville (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Paid time off

HSA

FSAs

Career development

Incentive bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Mossville, IL seeks a Senior Integration and Commissioning Engineer to develop and test Grade Control software deployed on real-time hardware.

You will work with software developers, validation engineers, team leaders, quality engineers, and product managers to deliver reliable positioning and control solutions. This journey-level engineering role emphasizes technical leadership, rigorous design, simulations, automated testing, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or CS plus extensive experience or a Master’s in Eng/CS.
• Hands-on with Simulink and C++.
• Experience with real-time operating systems.
• Experience with sensing tech (IMU, GNSS, laser, UTS).
• OO programming concepts.
• Software development for real-time embedded controls.
• Ability to communicate across teams.
• Excellent analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Integrate positioning, controls and commissioning components for Grade Control using C++.
• Perform simulations to validate model development.
• Create automated software tests.
• Maintain design documents, models, source code and artifacts.
• Communicate designs and results to customers, suppliers and team members.
• Contribute to design of new products and processes; perform maintenance.

Skills

Simulink

C++

Real-time OS

Analytical skills

Team communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Mossville, IL seeks a Senior Integration and Commissioning Engineer to develop and test Grade Control software deployed on real-time hardware.

You will work with software developers, validation engineers, team leaders, quality engineers, and product managers to deliver reliable positioning and control solutions. This journey-level engineering role emphasizes technical leadership, rigorous design, simulations, automated testing, and documentation.