Validation Engineer

Career Area: Engineering

Job Description:

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Position:
Performance and Validation Engineer

Salary: £57,000-£70,000 depending on experience

Location:
Wimborne

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave,

• Up to 12% bonus

• Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 10%

• Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.

• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans for family members, EV car lease, holiday purchase.

This role is based full time in the office

Please note that we are planning to have two steps interview process.

Caterpillar Marine Power UK is part of Caterpillar Oil, Gas and Marine Division. The company designs, tests and manufactures and exports 0.5 to C7.1L Cat® and Perkins marine engines and gensets. Caterpillar is a Fortune 100 company.

An exciting opportunity has emerged for a Senior Performance Engineer to join Caterpillar’s growing marine power engineering team. This expansion is driven by Caterpillar’s ambitious vision for the future of marine power systems, creating a fast‑paced environment with engaging projects and potential for career development.

Reporting to the Performance and Validation Manager, the role focuses on supporting the testing and performance development of both new and existing products to ensure they meet demanding specification targets. It’s a highly varied, multifunctional position that rewards initiative and thrives on collaboration within a strong, team‑oriented culture.

The Wimborne Engineering team leads the development of Caterpillar Marine engines and generator sets across the C18, C12, C9.3, C7.1 and C4.4 platforms, each offering multiple auxiliary and propulsion ratings. These products represent the Caterpillar and Perkins brands globally within the marine market. The Wimborne facility brings together product development, product maintenance, customer support and manufacturing operations on a single site, creating a dynamic environment where engineering excellence and real‑world impact go hand in hand.

• Collaborate with the product requirements team to define, scope, and validate the needs for new and existing products.

• Work with design teams to deliver robust, market‑leading solutions that meet customer and regulatory expectations.

• Lead ratings development across mechanical and electronically controlled platforms, including high‑performance ratings.

• Oversee performance and emissions testing, ensuring results are accurate, repeatable, and aligned with programme targets.

• Prepare technical documentation to support emissions certification for new ratings and maintain compliance for existing ones.

• Engage with global emissions regulation teams, representing the Marine Product Group to ensure robust compliance.

• Develop and manage comprehensive performance and mechanical validation test programmes.

• Analyse and interpret test data, producing clear, insightful reports and presenting findings to stakeholders when required.

• Provide accurate performance and validation data to support product documentation and customer support activities.

• Contribute to production test programmes, including defining and managing test pass‑off limits.

• Stay informed on emerging technologies and champion continuous improvement, including the application of Design of Experiments (DoE) methodologies.

• Planning and organisation

• Self‑starting and proactive approach

• Strong attention to detail

• Effective communication

• Sound decision‑making

• Teamwork and collaboration

The successful candidate will bring a structured, analytical approach to problem‑solving and the…