Control Systems Engineering Specialist

Caterpillar Inc.

Control Systems Engineering Specialist at Caterpillar designing and integrating electronic control systems for mining machines. Collaborating across systems to deliver production-ready solutions.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeMossville • Arizona, Illinois, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $128,470 - $192,710 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Documenting architecture specifications, software design description, verification plans, test cases, operating procedures, and safety procedures.
Utilizing appropriate tools to debug, test and maintain software and hardware systems; completing the verification and validation process.
Participating in design and development of application software and algorithms for emerging platforms.
Applying engineering judgment to evaluate design tradeoffs, integration risks, and verification approaches.
Working independently on moderately complex system integration problems within established product architectures.
Providing technical guidance to less experienced engineers without formal leadership responsibility.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Technology Advising: Knowledge of effective advisory methods and ability to provide valued information and advice to clients regarding products, technologies, services and solutions for a specific technology domain.
Conceptual Thinking: Knowledge of thinking and reasoning at a conceptual level; ability to identify the critical ideas and interdependencies among system elements that impact performance.
Embedded Systems: Knowledge of embedded systems and their applications; ability to develop embedded systems with varying levels of complexity to control the operations of the machine it is embedded within.
Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
Product Development in Manufacturing: Knowledge of methodologies, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build and manage manufacturing of new products.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

software designverification planstest casesdebuggingsystem integrationalgorithm developmentembedded systemsrequirements analysisproduct developmentengineering judgment

Soft Skills

analytical thinkingproblem solvingcommunicating complex conceptsconceptual thinkingtechnology advising

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Computer EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science