Engineering Project Team Lead– Machine Integration

** Career Area:
** Engineering
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* Job Description:

**** 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.

Join Caterpillar’s Resource Industries team as a Machine Integration Lead for the Battery Electric 793 XE, now entering the Concept Build phase. This Tucson, AZ based role focuses on product design, validation, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and customer-facing teams. You’ll drive requirements development, oversee early learner field follow, and coordinate across multiple product teams to deliver groundbreaking technology on Caterpillar’s flagship battery electric mining truck.
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* What you will do:

** Lead cross-functional engineering teams across design, manufacturing, safety, and product support.

Drive integration of conceptual designs, performance requirements, serviceability, and compliance.

Influence outcomes through deep technical expertise—without direct reports, but with significant impact across multiple teams.

Define project scope to address business challenges and opportunities.

Coordinate resources across product development, testing, validation, value chain, and manufacturing.

Monitor project progress and costs; communicate status to stakeholders; resolve issues promptly.

Direct project staffing; motivate and develop project team members.
** Why This Role is Exciting:
**** Expand Your Horizons**:
Build broad technical mastery across advanced systems and entire machine architecture.
** Shape the Future**:
Ensure seamless system integration to meet or exceed business and customer requirements.
** Collaborate & Innovate**:
Work with diverse teams and cutting-edge technologies to deliver next-generation solutions.
** Degree Requirement:
** Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science from an accredited program.
** What skills you will have:
**** Technical Excellence:
** Experience in engineering with a strong focus on machine design, integration or testing, and validation. Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical challenges, with experience in
** electrified systems
** considered highly desirable.
** Products & Services:
** Strong understanding of major products and ability to apply knowledge in diverse situations. Experience in
** mining or construction
** will make you stand out as a top candidate
** Influencing Through Expertise:
** Use technical credibility to guide decisions across teams.
** Project Management:
** Experience planning, organizing, and controlling projects for efficient resource utilization.
** Team Leadership:
** Ability to manage team workflows (no direct reports) and foster collaboration.
** Requirements Analysis:
** Elicit and document functional and non-functional requirements for success.
** Troubleshooting:
** Anticipate and resolve technical issues in manufacturing or product development.
** Product Design & Development:
** Drive new product development from concept through production.
** Additional Information:
** The primary work location for this role is Tucson, AZ, with a requirement to work on-site full-time at a Caterpillar facility.

This position may require 15 % travel.

Domestic relocation assistance is available.

Visa sponsorship, international assignments, or payroll transfers are not available for this role.### ###
** 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…