Software Test Engineering Manager

About the role

Career Area: Technology, Digital and Data

About the role

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Job Summary

As the Software Test Engineering Manager you will lead a System Integration Testing team supporting programs within our Platform Engineering organization. The Test Engineering Manager owns the integration test strategy, with a primary focus on back-end testing of APIs, services, data pipelines, and system interfaces. The role also sets the quality standards for end-to-end data flow across system boundaries.

It manages the test automation frameworks, environments, and schedules that keep releases on track. It partners with software engineering, product, and architecture teams to confirm release readiness. It also hires, mentors, and develops test engineers, and reports on quality, risk, and test coverage to stakeholders.

What You Will Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of test engineers, including hiring, performance management, and training.
• Define and own the test strategy, test plans, and quality standards across the software development life cycle.
• Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of automated test frameworks, including regression, integration, performance, and system-level testing.
• Partner with software engineering, product, and architecture teams to define requirements, acceptance criteria, and release readiness.
• Build and manage test schedules, estimates, and resource plans, and report on status, risks, and quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Drive CI/CD test integration, test environments, and tooling to speed up feedback and improve release quality.
• Oversee defect triage and root-cause analysis and drive continuous improvement in test coverage and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with company standards, safety and security requirements, and industry best practices.

What You Will Have

• Organizational Leadership: Knowledge of leadership concepts and ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives.
• Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace.
• Software Quality Assurance and Testing: Knowledge of software quality assurance and testing; ability to apply appropriate processes, tools, and techniques for assuring a high level of quality in computer software products and systems.
• System Integration Test Engineering: Knowledge of software integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages.

Top candidates will have

• Strong people leadership skills, with experience leading, mentoring, and developing test engineers and automation specialists across multiple programs.
• Experience reviewing test strategies, test plans, and release readiness to ensure quality standards are met.
• Experience managing automated pipeline health and test triage, with the ability to work with engineering leads to identify and reduce flaky tests and false positives
• Strong quality leadership skills, with the ability to define testing priorities and align quality strategy with product, engineering, and business goals.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to report quality risks and test metrics to engineering and product leaders and influence release decisions.
• Understanding of Gen AI capabilities and development tools, with the ability to identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity, automation, and team efficiency.

Additional Details

• This position requires the candidate to be based in Chicago, IL
• Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position
• Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

Summary Pay Range

$128,470.00 - $208,770.00

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

• Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Posting Dates: November 3, 2026 - November 15, 2026
• Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
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