Design Engineer

Definition Designs, develops, builds, and implements new components, products, or technologies.

About Cat (CaterpillarCareers)

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Researching new materials and competitive products.
• Organizing, coordinating, and executing the building, testing, and analysis of prototypes. • Assisting supply specialists and buyers with supplier development and supplier performance.
• Overseeing the efforts of drafting and testing specialists. • Developing and documenting functional requirements and translating them into detailed design documents.
• Participating in buy-build analysis for product components. • Participating in and supporting proposal preparation, cost estimates, and technical reports. • Creating layout drawings for power plant installations and supporting plant design activities. • Designing mechanical components, equipment, and systems for power plant applications. • Coordinating technical activities with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders throughout project execution. • Supporting procurement activities through the review of supplier drawings, technical documentation, and technical specifications. • Preparing technical specifications and engineering documentation for power plant projects. • Reviewing and evaluating customer specifications, technical requirements, and contractual engineering documentation. • Assisting in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues during manufacturing, commissioning, installation, and start-up phases. • Supervising and supporting on-site installation, construction, and commissioning activities to ensure compliance with technical requirements.
• Knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.
• Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design.
• Knowledge of product features; ability to design, build, and develop a new product, technology, or service from concept through to production.

Requirements

• Degree Requirement • Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
• 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.
• Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances. • Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation. • Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research. • Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action. • Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts. • Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.
• Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient. • Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness. • Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work. • Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate. • Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.
• Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
• Recognizes changing demands and priorities; validates changes with management. • Obtains information about how current assignments contribute to organizational goals. • Completes current work according to assigned priorities. • Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work. • Performs at least 2-3 concurrent activities without reducing productivity.
• Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
• Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues. • Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components. • Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services. • Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one's general area of technical competence. • Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.
• Coaches others on orthographic, isometric and axonometric projections. • Presents complex products and systems graphically. • Performs manipulations on design objects, such as changing projections and managing drawing layers. • Directs the matrix computations performed to transform objects in coordinate space. • Consults on benefits and drawbacks of top-down design vs. bottom-up design. • Compares and contrasts uses of bird's-eye views and worm's-eye views.
• Develops improvement plans for senior management and evaluates the outcome of the design against the functionality. • Advises others on the development of multiple products and their functionality. • Trains others on advanced tools and approaches of product design. • Monitors the processes and procedures of a complex product design to ensure functional requirements are met. • Evaluates feedback from customers and consults on functional weaknesses. • Controls design and development costs of a proposed product through effective resource coordination.

Pay

€ 52’660.00 Please note that salary is only one component of the total compensation and benefit package available at Caterpillar.

Level Working Knowledge

Builds three-dimensional models with basic materials. • Communicates with professionals to understand various requirements of product design. • Tests and evaluates alternative means of production being considered for use. • Uses automated tools to design or modify the design of a product. • Assists in building a complex prototype of product. We are back! This role requires being in the office five days a week, should you not be on business travel.

Posting Dates

ottobre 22, 2026 - novembre 5, 2026 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply. Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community .