Engineering Manager - Rapid Electrification

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Clayton, NC

Engineering Manager for Rapid Electrification team at Caterpillar, focusing on High-Voltage (HV) Electrical System Integration for L5 electric powertrains and L6 Electrified Machine Development across multiple segments. The role involves leading engineering initiatives from concept to delivery, technical execution, project management, and team leadership.

What you'd actually do

  1. Leads high‑impact engineering initiatives from concept through delivery, owning technical execution, schedule, cost, and quality.
  2. Develops project scope and technical approach to address business challenges and opportunities.
  3. Serves as hands‑on technical leader, contributing directly to design, implementation, integration, troubleshooting, and validation activities.
  4. Oversees project progress, risks, and costs; communicates status to stakeholders and participating functional areas; proactively resolves issues.
  5. Provides specialized engineering technical support and consulting services across the organization.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science
  • Ability to design, build, troubleshoot, and deliver technical solutions within electrified machines
  • Leads and contributes hands‑on to design, development, integration, and validation activities
  • Provides effective solutions to moderate and complex technical challenges
  • Engages subject matter experts as needed
  • Mentors and coaches engineers
  • Assumes accountability for personal technical output and the technical quality of project outcomes
  • Ability to design, build, and evolve products or technologies from concept through production
  • Leads cross‑functional teams in product and system design and development efforts
  • Contributes directly to design decisions, build activities, and engineering tradeoffs
  • Develops and improves processes for product design, development, and delivery
  • Advocates for new tools, technologies, and methods
  • Anticipates future product, technology, and customer needs
  • Ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects to achieve objectives
  • Plans, estimates, staffs, and monitors engineering projects of varying scope and complexity
  • Identifies risks and vulnerabilities; creates and executes mitigation and contingency plans
  • Maintains transparency through regular project reviews and status communication
  • Balances speed, quality, and cost
  • Applies and coaches effective project management tools and methodologies
  • Ability to build, guide, and support effective teams
  • Provides day‑to‑day technical leadership and guidance to project teams
  • Coaches and mentors engineers and project team members
  • Monitors team engagement and morale
  • Participates in performance feedback and development planning discussions
  • Fosters a collaborative, inclusive, and results‑oriented team environment
  • Ability to anticipate, diagnose, and resolve technical issues in development or manufacturing environments
  • Leads investigation and resolution of difficult or high‑impact technical issues
  • Evaluates business impact and prioritizes resolution efforts
  • Applies structured troubleshooting and root cause analysis techniques
  • Coaches others in effective problem isolation and resolution methods
  • Ensures corrective actions are implemented and sustained
  • Ability to work effectively across cultures, functions, and geographies
  • Collaborates with global teams
  • Adapts communication and working styles for diverse partners and stakeholders
  • Builds productive working relationships across organizational boundaries
  • Shares information and best practices

What the JD emphasized

  • High-Voltage (HV) Electrical System Integration
  • L5 electric powertrains
  • L6 Electrified Machine Development