Senior Associate Engineer — Electric Power

Senior Associate Engineer — Electric Power

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Engineering

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!

Join Caterpillar’s fast‑growing Electric Power Division, where you’ll play a hands‑on role in designing and delivering mechanical systems that power critical applications such as data centers. As a Senior Associate Engineer, you’ll use 3D modeling tools to develop robust system and component designs, translate functional requirements into detailed engineering solutions, and collaborate closely with manufacturing teams and suppliers. This role offers exposure across the full design lifecycle, from concept and prototyping through validation, while contributing to innovative, real‑world products in a highly collaborative engineering environment.

• Utilize 3D modeling software to develop top‑down system and component designs, ensuring system interactions are controlled and manufacturable
• Review and interpret customer, dealer, and business requirements; translate them into functional and detailed engineering designs
• Support product design and development activities across the full lifecycle, from concept and prototyping through validation and production release
• Select materials and components to meet system performance, cost, and manufacturing requirements
• Organize and support the design, build, testing, and analysis of prototypes
• Prepare and maintain engineering documentation, including functional requirements, design details, and technical reports
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to ensure design acceptance, manufacturing readiness, and buildability
• Identify, analyze, and resolve design and manufacturing issues using root cause analysis
• Collaborate with suppliers to support component and system design execution and issue resolution
• Participate in design reviews and support DFMEAs for system and component validation (leading DFMEAs preferred but not required)
• Support proposal development, cost estimates, and technical inputs as needed
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, including adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering processes
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with marketing, purchasing, manufacturing, sales, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet customer and dealer needs
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by leadership

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience in genset packaging

• Analytical Thinking
  • Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.
  • Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.
  • Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.
  • Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and…