Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
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Site Systems Engineering Lead
Advanced Mining Technology Division is seeking an experienced Site Systems Engineering Lead responsible for leading system-level requirements definition, integration planning, validation governance, and lifecycle traceability for end-to-end site technology solutions across complex operational environments. This role provides technical leadership to ensure solution readiness, interoperability, and engineering consistency across machine, office, digital, and platform product teams.
The Site Systems Engineering Lead collaborates closely with product teams, program leaders, validation teams, and business stakeholders to ensure system requirements, interfaces, verification plans, and validation evidence are clearly defined, aligned, and maintained throughout the solution lifecycle. The role is accountable for driving requirements traceability, managing cross-team dependencies, supporting technical decision-making, and ensuring delivered capabilities meet customer, operational, and business objectives.
This position plays a critical role in New Product Introduction (NPI) programs by guiding requirements development, coordinating integration and validation activities, managing technical risks, and ensuring delivery of key engineering milestones. The lead provides technical direction and mentorship to site system engineers, fosters cross-functional collaboration, and drives continuous improvement of systems engineering processes, methodologies, and best practices.
Lead system-level requirements definition, decomposition, integration planning, and validation governance for end-to-end site technology solutions.
Establish and maintain systems engineering practices, interface definition, requirements traceability, verification planning, and validation evidence across programs and product portfolios.
Drive system-level requirements for development, decomposition, traceability, and validation activities throughout the solution lifecycle.
Collaborate with product teams, validation teams, and program leadership to ensure cohesive system integration, clear requirements alignment, and timely engineering delivery.
Support Site Systems Tech Lead/Program Manager by defining technical roadmaps, managing technical risks, tracking engineering deliverables, and communicating program status and driving closure with accountable teams.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance engineering efficiency, requirement quality, integration readiness, and validation effectiveness.
Required Skills & Experience
Proven ability to define system interfaces, drive integration strategies, and influence technical alignment across machine, office, digital, and platform products.
Ability to apply engineering judgment with incomplete data, competing priorities, and long-term consequences, while driving alignment on interfaces and validation approach.
Hands-on experience with systems engineering practices and tools used to define, manage, and validate complex solutions, including requirements management, interface control, traceability, verification planning, and validation evidence.
Educational Qualification
Posting Dates:
August 26, 2026 - September 8, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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