Senior Electrical Design Engineer – Electric Power

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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.

About EPD

Caterpillar's Electric Power Division (EPD) offers integrated solutions, parts, and services to meet the needs of our various commercial and industrial electric power customers. EPD supports a wide range of customer applications across the globe, including providing back-up power to hospitals, providing emergency power when natural disasters strike, and supporting critical infrastructure for data centers, municipalities, and more. With a rich history of more than 95 years in the electric power business, our team has world-class expertise and a proven ability to adapt to changing demands. We’re committed to providing sustainable and reliable solutions to our customers. Join our team to help build a better, more sustainable world for future generations!

Job Summary
As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer with Electric Power, you will play a critical role in shaping next‑generation generator set solutions that power customers around the world. This role blends deep technical expertise with project and technical leadership, influencing product design from concept through production and throughout the full product life cycle. You will collaborate across global manufacturing sites, suppliers, and regulatory partners to deliver high‑quality, compliant, and cost‑effective solutions. By balancing performance, schedule, cost, and sustainability objectives, you will help drive innovation while meeting real‑world customer and business needs.

What You Will Do

• Provide technical and project leadership for large‑scale engineering initiatives across multiple facilities and global manufacturing locations, managing scope, schedule, resources, cost, and quality tradeoffs.

• Lead the design and development of new products, processes, components, and systems to meet customer requirements within internal manufacturing, supplier, and process capabilities.

• Research new materials and competitive products; plan, coordinate, and execute prototype builds, testing, validation, and technical analysis.

• Develop and document functional requirements and detailed design documentation; contribute to buy/build analyses, proposal development, cost estimates, and technical reports.

• Provide engineering support for generator sets ranging from 20 kW to 2000 kW manufactured in Griffin, GA; Piracicaba, Brazil; and Seguin, TX, supporting products throughout the full product life cycle.

• Engage with dealers and customers to provide technical leadership on customer projects and clearly communicate trade‑offs among schedule, cost, resources, and quality.

• Collaborate with regulatory and validation experts to design components and systems that meet certification requirements such as CSA and UL.

• Partner with manufacturing, supply chain specialists, and suppliers to optimize designs for cost, quality, manufacturability, and assembly; support supplier development and performance initiatives.

• Provide technical direction and oversight to drafting, testing, and validation specialists.

• Drive sustainability improvements through tighter emission controls, improved efficiency, and extended maintenance cycles.

Degree Requirement

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science from an accredited institution.

What You Will Have

• Analytical Thinking: Extensive experience and knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

  • Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.

  • Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.

  • Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.

  • Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

  • Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.

  • Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

• Managing Multiple Priorities: Extensive experience and knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.

  • Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.

  • Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.

  • Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.

  • Works with or leads others to re-prioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.

  • Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.

  • Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.

• Technical Excellence: Extensive experience and knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.

  • Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.

  • Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.

  • Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

  • Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.

  • Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

  • Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

• Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Extensive experience and knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.

  • Coaches others on orthographic, isometric and axonometric projections.

  • Presents complex products and systems graphically.

  • Performs manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers.

  • Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space.

  • Consults on benefits and drawbacks of top-down design vs. bottom-up design.

  • Compares and contrasts uses of bird's-eye views and worm's-eye views.

• Product Design and Development: Extensive experience and knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.

  • Develops organizational standards and processes in order to maximize complex product services' efficiency and effectiveness.

  • Creates and introduces new techniques that expedite or simplify the development process.

  • Supervises the management of multiple and diverse types of products or services.

  • Develops proof-of-concept exercises to prove or disprove validity of proposed products.

  • Advises on the appropriate solutions to complex product design and development problems.

  • Designs working prototypes of a variety of proposed products or services.

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated electrical design experience within a manufacturing or factory-facing environment

• Working knowledge of electrical systems, product design, and manufacturing principles

• Experience using CAD tools to develop and maintain engineering documentation

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability in a fast-paced production setting

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while collaborating across engineering and operations teams

• Effective written and verbal communication skills

What Will Put You Ahead

• Generator set or power equipment product knowledge

• Experience working in factory-facing engineering roles supporting production or assembly

• Familiarity with Creo, Teamcenter or similar engineering systems

• Understanding of applicable certification or regulatory standards (IBC, UL, CSA, NFPA, NEC)

• Exposure to electromechanical systems or cross-disciplinary engineering environments

• Self-starter mindset with strong initiative and collaborative team engagement

Additional Information

• This position requires the candidate to work a 5-day-a-week schedule in the office.

• Travel up to 10% is possible.

• Relocation is available for this position.

• Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.

At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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 over 100 years, we have been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed 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.

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Summary Pay Range:

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.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of 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

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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.

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