Performance/Simulation/Application Engineering Specialist

About the role

Career Area: Engineering

About the role

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.

The Large Power Systems Division currently has an opening for an Engineering Team Lead within our Aftertreatment & Exhaust Systems (AT&ES) performance engineering team. The Engineering Team Lead acts as a lead and an individual contributor, bringing technical expertise to the project as well as leading/coordinating the efforts of others. This role will give you the opportunity to help customers with clean power solutions by creating new and innovative aftertreatment design solutions. With your help, our products will continue to significantly reduce harmful diesel and gas engine exhaust emissions.

Job summary

This Project Lead role will be responsible for leading projects focused on the evaluation and introduction of alternate aftertreatment components into existing solutions. The role will lead projects from initial opportunity identification through technical evaluation, validation, and successful factory implementation.

This includes understanding system interactions, evaluating technical tradeoffs, developing validation plans, and working through issues that arise as solutions are developed and implemented. The position will work closely with engineering experts, purchasing, suppliers, quality, manufacturing, and product groups to ensure solutions meet Caterpillar requirements for performance, quality, reliability, cost, and manufacturability.

This role combines hands-on technical execution with project leadership and provides the opportunity to deliver solutions that improve cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and flexibility across our products.

What you will do

• Develop project scope to address business challenges and opportunities
• Coordinating resources across the businesses with sales and marketing, product development groups, value chain and manufacturing
• Overseeing project progress and costs; communicating status with stakeholders and participating functional areas; addressing and resolving problems

Degree Requirement

Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline and professional engineering experience

Skills you must have

• Products and Services: Extensive knowledge of major products and services and product and service groups; ability to apply knowledge of product and service appropriately to diverse situations.
• Technical Excellence: Extensive knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
• Influencing Through Expertise: Extensive knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.
• Project Management: Expert level knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
• Requirements Analysis: Extensive knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
• Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Extensive knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing or product management environment.
• Product Design and Development: Extensive knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.

Top candidates will also have

• Master's degree in Engineering discipline
• Progressive, professional leadership experience
• Design experience
• Simulation experience
• Engine performance and/or aftertreatment experience

Additional Information

• This position is located in Mossville, IL and will split time between the Tech Center and AC offices.
• This position may require less than 15% travel
• Domestic Relocation is available for this position.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Summary Pay Range

$128,470.00 - $192,710.00

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.

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

• This position requires working onsite five days a week.
• Relocation is available for this position.
• Posting Dates: November 4, 2026 - November 18, 2026
• Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
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