Caterpillar currently has 28 active job listings related to artificial intelligence. The majority of these roles, 54%, are focused on agents, with serving infrastructure and data each accounting for 18% of the listings. The dominant function for these positions is Engineering. In the last 30 days, Caterpillar has posted 40 new AI roles, representing a significant increase of 1233% compared to the previous 30-day period.
Currently tracking 22 active AI roles, down 12% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $113k–$240k (avg $180k).
Caterpillar currently has 45 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Data Scientist (3), Manager, Product Management (Platform) (3), Autonomy Development Engineer (2), Autonomy Engineering Development Specialist (2), Senior Autonomy Engineer (2). Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
Caterpillar's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (60%), data (27%), serving infrastructure (9%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Caterpillar is hiring AI talent in: United States (29 roles), China (2 roles), Belgium (2 roles).
Job postings at Caterpillar most frequently reference: agent orchestration, model serving, llm observability, inference infra, evals.
In the past 30 days, Caterpillar has posted 75 new AI-related roles. That is a +53% change versus the prior 30 days (49 → 75).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Enterprise Capability Owner This role is for a Quality Enterprise Capability Owner at Caterpillar, focusing on developing and deploying quality visibility and predictive capabilities within Modern Manufacturing. The position emphasizes driving innovation, embedding quality into broader manufacturing solutions, defining best practices and KPIs, and analyzing quality data for proactive decision-making. While the role champions AI integration, its core function is product/process quality management within an industrial manufacturing context, not direct AI/ML model development. | — | 5 |
| Supply Chain Planning Manager Supply Chain Planning Manager role at Caterpillar, focusing on leading teams, optimizing safety, quality, velocity, and cost in logistics and supply chain operations. Responsibilities include NPI planning, data analysis, material flow development, and implementing Lean Manufacturing principles. | — | 0 |
| Procurement Professional |
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| 0 |
| EHS Supervisor Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Supervisor role at Caterpillar, focused on leading EHS activities, ensuring compliance, driving continuous improvement, and fostering a proactive safety culture. Responsibilities include managing risk assessments, EHS training, audits, incident investigations, and collaborating across functions. Requires NEBOSH Diploma and extensive experience in EHS policy compliance and decision-making. | — | 0 |
| Health and Safety Champion This role is focused on promoting and strengthening health, safety, and environmental improvements within operations. The Health & Safety Champion will design and deliver training, analyze safety data trends, coach colleagues on safe working practices, review risk assessments, and conduct safety walks. The role requires strong safety awareness, communication, coaching, influencing, planning, and ownership skills. While not directly AI-related, it involves data analysis for risk identification and improvement implementation. | — | 0 |
| Multi-Line Assembler- CWL This role is for a Multi-Line Assembler at Caterpillar, responsible for assembling parts and components for Building Construction Product (BCP) machines. The position involves working on various assembly stations, utilizing lean manufacturing principles, and adhering to standard work procedures. Key responsibilities include safe and defect-free assembly, supporting planned/unplanned absences, training other technicians, and participating in continuous improvement dialogues. The role requires mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and the ability to follow instructions. | — | 0 |
| Manager Material Requirements Planning Manager for Material Requirements Planning at Caterpillar, focusing on managing a team, optimizing production requirements, inventory levels, and coordinating with manufacturing and procurement. The role involves process improvements and ensuring compliance within the supply chain and logistics domain. | — | 0 |
| Test Booth Technician Operate as part of the production team responsible for the assembly of parts or components to produce Building Construction Product (BCP) machines, according to specified work orders. Utilize lean manufacturing tools and techniques whilst operating to defined “takt times” and production sequences. | — | 0 |
| Senior Mechanical Engineer Senior Mechanical Engineer role focused on the design, optimization, and strategic development of test facilities and mechanical systems for power systems and drivetrain testing, including ICE, hybrid, and EV technologies. Responsibilities include technical leadership, project delivery, fault finding, process improvement, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and regulatory standards. | — | 0 |
| Category Buyer Category Buyer for Electrical & Electronics within Caterpillar's Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD). Responsibilities include developing and executing category strategy, managing policies, agreements, and special procurement programs. The role focuses on delivering value through Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM), identifying cost decreases, inventory reductions, and quality improvements, and assessing business risks. The buyer will act as a liaison between the organization and suppliers, communicating information explicitly and managing supplier performance. | — | 0 |
| Supplier Development Engineer Supplier Development Engineer role focused on owning supplier quality and performance across the product lifecycle, driving compliance, resolving issues, and delivering continuous improvements. Requires problem-solving, process improvement, quality orientation, and communication skills. | — | 0 |
| Yard Operator Yard Operator role at Caterpillar supporting logistics and material movement in an external yard environment. Responsibilities include handling incoming/outgoing deliveries, organizing materials, operating forklifts, and maintaining yard safety and organization. Requires forklift license and experience in a similar operational environment. | — | 0 |
| Electrical Design Engineer – High Voltage Electrification Electrical Design Engineer responsible for the design and development of electrical systems for heavy machinery, including high-voltage systems for electrified applications. The role involves full product lifecycle ownership, from concept to field issue resolution, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. | — | 0 |
| Multi-Line Assembler/Tester (afternoons) This role is for a Multi-Line Assembler/Tester at Caterpillar, focusing on the assembly of machine parts and components, including cab testing, according to work orders. The position involves operating various stations, utilizing lean manufacturing principles, and adhering to standard work procedures. Responsibilities include training other technicians, performing cab tests using VMC software, troubleshooting failures, and maintaining a safe work area. The role requires mechanical aptitude, the ability to use tools, and strong communication skills. It is a production-focused role within the industrial manufacturing domain. | — | 0 |
| Category Buyer Category Buyer role at Caterpillar, responsible for leading supplier selection, managing supplier relationships, developing global category strategies, and driving continuous improvement in supplier performance for components used in Caterpillar machines. Requires problem-solving, managing multiple priorities, effective communication, and analytical thinking. | — | 0 |
| Cybersecurity Specialist This role is for a Cybersecurity Specialist at Caterpillar, focusing on analyzing, classifying, and responding to cybersecurity risks within specific divisions. The specialist will provide subject matter expertise, guidance, and remediation actions to protect critical applications, platforms, and data, ensuring alignment with relevant frameworks and business goals. Responsibilities include technical leadership, collaboration with IT and cybersecurity teams, overseeing the cybersecurity portfolio, driving vulnerability management and risk assessments, tracking risk activities, and improving cybersecurity processes. | — | 0 |
| Process Engineer – Controls in the Machining Operations Team Process Engineer role focused on control systems and automation within a machining operations team at Caterpillar. Responsibilities include providing technical expertise, troubleshooting PLC systems, implementing control projects, and coaching colleagues. Requires experience with control systems, PLC programming, and a manufacturing background. | — | 0 |
| Product Demonstrator Product Demonstrator role focused on supporting customer visits, dealer training, and product demonstrations for Caterpillar machinery, attachments, and services, with the goal of driving product sales and revenues. Responsibilities include providing product application expertise, supporting events, demonstrating technologies, and gathering feedback for product improvement. | — | 0 |
| Facilities Engineer Facilities Engineer role at Caterpillar supporting site operations through maintenance and continuous improvements to facilities, including building repairs, energy, security, HVAC, and data/power installations. The role also involves supporting capital projects and new product introduction programs. | — | 0 |
| Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant role supporting the legal department at Caterpillar. Responsibilities include diary management, coordinating communications, expense processing, travel arrangements, and preparing presentation materials. Requires strong organizational, communication, and Microsoft Office skills. | — | 0 |
| Repair Technician CWL (Afternoons) x2 Repair Technician role focused on fitment, rework, and testing of parts/products in an industrial manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include maintaining work areas, quality control, continuous improvement, training, and performing failure analysis. Requires mechanical aptitude, ability to read schematics, and adherence to safety procedures. | — | 0 |
| Test Booth Technician CWL (afternoons) x4 This role involves assembling parts and components for Caterpillar machines, following set processes, working to production targets, and ensuring quality and safety standards are met. Responsibilities include using tools, operating machines, supporting team members, and maintaining a clean work area. The ideal candidate will have experience in assembly operations, safety practices, communication, and attention to detail, with a preference for understanding mechanical, hydraulic, or electrical systems. | — | 0 |
| Multi-Line Assemblers x6 (afternoons) CWL This role is for a Multi-Line Assembler on the afternoon shift at Caterpillar's Desford facility. The primary responsibility is to assemble parts and components for Building Construction Product (BCP) machines according to work orders, utilizing lean manufacturing principles. The role involves working on multiple stations, training others, and maintaining a clean and safe work area. Candidates require mechanical aptitude, the ability to use tools, and follow instructions. | — | 0 |
| Production Team Leader (afternoons) CWL Production Team Leader for Caterpillar's Building Construction Products (BCP) assembly line, responsible for leading and motivating a team to meet daily production goals in safety, quality, velocity, and cost. The role involves coaching, mentoring, deploying training using lean methodologies, fostering a safety culture, resolving issues through continuous improvement, auditing defects, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Requires understanding of assembly operations, manufacturing quality processes, root cause analysis, strong communication, and organizational skills. Previous people development and 6 Sigma/Project management experience are preferred. | — | 0 |
| Category Procurement Manager Category Procurement Manager at Caterpillar responsible for leading strategic procurement categories, developing global sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and driving improvements in Quality, Cost, Logistics, Development, and Management (QCLDM). The role involves applying predictive cost modeling, market intelligence, and data analytics to inform sourcing decisions and build a high-performing global supplier network. | — | 0 |
| Product Procurement Engineer Product Procurement Engineer at Caterpillar, managing sourcing, development, and quality feedback for Electrical, Electronics, and Drivetrain categories across NPI, CPI, and NSI. Collaborates with Engineering, Procurement, and Supply Chain, and engages with suppliers to ensure parts meet quality, cost, and timing requirements. | — | 0 |
| Quality Technician (IQA) - Late Shift - 4 Day Week Quality Technician responsible for auditing parts and machines, recording defect information, investigating root causes, and performing basic inspections and rework in a manufacturing environment. | — | 0 |
| Quality Technician (PDI) - Late Shift - 4 Day Week Quality Technician responsible for ensuring the quality of machines leaving the facility through audits, defect recording, and supporting operational teams in resolving defects. This role involves conducting structured audits, identifying and investigating defects using root cause analysis, and communicating quality issues. | — | 0 |
| Team Leader (Quality Support) - Day Shift Team Leader for Quality Support role at Caterpillar, focusing on product quality checks, audits, problem-solving, and team leadership within an industrial manufacturing environment. The role involves monitoring performance, leading daily meetings, training team members, and planning workload to meet quality and production targets. | — | 0 |
| Repair Technician (Afternoons) Repair Technician role at Caterpillar focused on operating within an off-line process for the fitment, rework, and testing of parts and products. Responsibilities include maintaining work areas, fitting parts, performing quality control checks, contributing to continuous improvement, and training new technicians. The role involves carrying out rework on non-conformances, performing failure analysis, operating safely, understanding basic circuits, and interpreting schematic drawings. | — | 0 |
| Test & Validation Senior Associate Technologist This role focuses on the testing and validation of industrial power systems components and engines. Responsibilities include planning, preparing, executing, and reporting on tests, as well as analyzing data to identify relationships and predict failures. The role involves working with customers, setting up engineering rigs, and performing tests in various environments. | — | 0 |
| Test Engineer Test Engineer role at Caterpillar focused on ensuring the performance and reliability of Articulated Trucks. Responsibilities include designing and executing test programs, collaborating with engineering teams, resolving design/manufacturing issues, and participating in the adoption of new technologies like automation and robotics. Requires analytical and technical skills, with a degree in Engineering or equivalent experience. | — | 0 |
| Inventory Counter – 12M Contract Inventory Counter role focused on ensuring accuracy of inventory records through stock counts, discrepancy investigation, and system processing within a manufacturing environment. Requires attention to detail and systems literacy. | — | 0 |
| Controls Engineer - Manufacturing Automation - Fixed Term Contract Controls Engineer role focused on specifying, integrating, and rolling out PLC-based control solutions for manufacturing automation within Caterpillar. Responsibilities include applying automation principles to improve safety, quality, and efficiency, configuring Siemens and Mitsubishi PLC/HMI systems, supporting new technology introduction, and ensuring solutions align with safety and engineering requirements. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Engineer (20 Months) Manufacturing Engineer role focused on improving reliability and implementing changes to manufacturing equipment and processes. Responsibilities include providing engineering support, monitoring equipment, analyzing change notices, and ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations. Requires problem-solving and lean manufacturing knowledge. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Team Leader – AM Shift - 6m Contract Logistics Team Leader role at Caterpillar, focusing on leading a team to meet daily production line goals, ensuring safety, quality, velocity, and cost metrics. Responsibilities include championing safe working practices, driving continuous improvement using CI processes, and participating in improvement workshops. Requires people management skills, understanding of logistics operations and material systems, and a focus on process improvement using lean/Six Sigma principles. Experience with SAP and basic risk assessments is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Team Leader – Various Shifts – 6m Contract Logistics Team Leader role at Caterpillar, focusing on leading a team to meet daily goals, ensuring safety, and driving continuous improvement in logistics operations. Requires experience in people management, logistics practices, safety standards, and process improvement using methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma. SAP experience is a plus. | — | 0 |
| Team Leader (Paint Quality) – Days Team Leader role focused on paint quality in a manufacturing environment, emphasizing leadership, defect identification, and continuous improvement within Caterpillar's industrial operations. | — | 0 |
| Category Buyer Category Buyer role focused on Steel Fabrication & Tube Assembly portfolio, developing and executing category strategy, optimizing supplier performance using QCLDM principles, and managing supplier relationships. Requires expertise in negotiation, contracts, purchasing, supplier relationship management, and strategic sourcing. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Team Leader – Day Shift - FTC 18m Logistics Team Leader role at Caterpillar, focused on leading a team to ensure efficient material flow, safety, quality, and continuous improvement within industrial operations. Requires strong people management, logistics operations, safety, and process improvement skills. | — | 0 |
| Test Booth Technician - Late Shift - Fixed Term Contract Test Booth Technician responsible for assembling parts and components to build Caterpillar machines, following set processes, working to production targets, and ensuring machines are built safely and to the right quality standard. | — | 0 |
| Supply Chain Planning Engineer Supply Chain Planning Engineer at Caterpillar responsible for identifying and implementing integrated supply chain solutions and performance improvements, analyzing data to optimize supply chains, inventory, and business partnerships. Requires extensive experience in procurement, decision making, business process improvement, analytical thinking, and supply chain management. | — | 0 |
| Senior Design Engineer Senior Design Engineer role focused on designing and packaging core engine components, including lubrication and cooling systems, major castings, and rotating components. The role involves working with global teams, suppliers, and customers to meet requirements, resolve complex issues, and manage project deliverables. Responsibilities include FMEA generation, design reviews, and developing technical data for production. | — | 0 |
| Material Planner Material Planner responsible for scheduling, planning, and oversight of material procurement, production, and delivery within the Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) at Caterpillar. Focuses on ensuring externally sourced material is ordered and available on time to support engine assembly and component machining operations, optimizing component inventory levels using PFEP data. | — | 0 |
| Senior Construction Equipment Operator (Multi Skilled) This role involves operating construction equipment in a test and operational environment to support product validation and performance assessment. Responsibilities include safe operation of various machines, carrying out defined tasks, identifying and reporting defects, recording data, and collaborating with engineers. | — | 0 |
| Senior Production Manager (Process Validation Area) Senior Production Manager for Process Validation Area at Caterpillar, leading operational readiness for new product introductions (NPI) of Articulated Trucks. Responsibilities include planning and execution of manufacturing process validation, operator training, and coordination of validation machine builds. | — | 0 |
| Tooling Technician Caterpillar is seeking a Tooling Technician in Skinningrove, United Kingdom. The role involves manufacturing, maintaining, and improving production tooling to tight tolerances, ensuring reliable performance and compliance with quality standards. Responsibilities include tool setting, machine changes, equipment upkeep, documentation, troubleshooting, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will have NVQ2 Level 2 in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience, proficiency with machining processes, engineering drawings, and hand/power tools. | — | 0 |
| Safety Champions x5 Caterpillar is hiring 5 Safety Champions to foster a proactive safety culture. Responsibilities include designing and delivering safety training, leading safety walks and meetings, coaching teams on best practices, supporting incident investigations, and collaborating on safety communications and continuous improvement initiatives. The role requires strong knowledge of HSE practices and excellent communication/coaching skills. Preferred qualifications include relevant safety certifications like NEBOSH or IOSH, with a willingness to obtain one if not already held. | — | 0 |
| Quality Technician Major Repair Quality Technician for Major Repair at Caterpillar, focusing on machine quality audits, defect recording, investigation support, and maintaining a safe work environment. Requires experience in Quality Gate processes and understanding of assembly operations. | — | 0 |
| Paint Sprayer (Afternoons) This role is for a Paint Sprayer in the manufacturing operations of Caterpillar, focusing on quality control and application of paint systems to heavy machinery. It involves surface preparation, paint application, quality inspection, and adherence to safety and lean manufacturing protocols. | — | 0 |