Caterpillar

Career Area:

Engineering

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.

Job Summary:

To direct and participate in the design and development of new on-board information system software engineering projects for release to production in a manner to ensure products provide superior performance, durability, quality, and serviceability.

Come work on the Core Information Software team developing Caterpillar telematics, displays, and network managers for Caterpillar machines & engines. Our Core Information Software team is developing operating systems, core software, applications, and data transfer frameworks that Caterpillar Displays & Connectivity product lines will be using for years to come.

You will help design, develop, configure, and test our high-quality, secure software as a member of our small team, focusing on iterative development and fast delivery of features utilizing up-to-date technologies and practices like Agile, C and C++, Rust, embedded Linux, and a plethora of open-source software. Join us and be a part of this exciting team!

What You Will Do:

• Design new software components for displays and connectivity control modules
• Maintain and extend existing software
• Perform code reviews for software development team
• Review results of software unit and regression tests
• Mentor less experienced developers and architects
• Collaborate with developers, architects, testers, and systems application engineers
• Provide Core Information software subject matter expertise to internal and external teams

Education requirement:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.

What skills you will have:

Analytical Thinking:

• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies and vulnerabilities in available information; explains variances.
• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior knowledge and current research.
• Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
• Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

Software Development:

• Demonstrates knowledge with the architecture and design of C, C++ and Rust software, and Linux drivers and operating systems.
• Describes major software architecture alternatives and considerations.
• Displays knowledge in estimating the development time and cost of a specific design of a proposed software solution.
• Facilitates and executes design, code, and test result reviews.
• Analyzes performance and security benefits and drawbacks of specific software designs and architecture.

Technical Troubleshooting:

• Provides insight into alternative troubleshooting approaches and their applicability to solve problems.
• Elaborates on ways of distinguishing between hardware, software and system design problems.
• Plays a leadership role in resolving complex, multi-component software bugs.
• Builds and enforces standards to design and support troubleshooting situations.
• Develops and demonstrates an extensive knowledge base and best practice on how to troubleshoot non-recurring, intermittent, timing- and performance-related problems.

Additional Information:

This position requires the candidate to work onsite five days a week at the Mossville, IL office.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is available with this position.

This position may require 10% travel.

What you will get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual incentive bonus plan*
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)
• Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details:

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

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Summary Pay Range:

$95,640.00 - $143,520.00

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 plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
• 401(k) savings plans*
• Health Savings Account (HSA)*
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
• Health Lifestyle Programs*
• Employee Assistance Program*
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
• Career Development*
• Incentive bonus*
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

June 24, 2025 - July 1, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

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