Senior Design Engineer Drills Heavy Structures

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:

The Tracked Products Engineering Heavy Structures team is currently seeking a Senior Design Engineer for Surface Rock Drills located in Denison, Texas. The team has design control and analysis responsibilities for the Heavy Structures on Drills which includes components such as mast structure, mast systems, main frames, track roller frames, and more. Engineers on the team gain broad exposure to design, analysis, test, manufacturing, and supplier collaboration. Projects will include New Product Introduction (NPI), New Supplier Introduction (NSI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), factory support, quality initiatives, and product maintenance.

What You Will Do:

• Create design concepts and drawings of complex structural systems that meet functional and technical requirements, cost and weight goals, quality initiatives, and manufacturing process requirements.
• Perform fatigue analysis on the concept using Creo Simulate
• Support validation activities such as test and field trials.
• Support and lead APQP activities.
• Collaborate with external suppliers and internal manufacturing facilities, engineering partners, and the core Product Group.

Education requirement:

Bachelors degree in an accredited Engineering curriculum.

What skills you will have:

Technical Excellence:

• Provides expert assessment on structural analysis and design of heavy structures using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools such as Creo Simulate and Structural Stress to ensure robust technical solutions.
• Collaborates with cross-functional SMEs and leverages APQP for design validation and issue resolution, ensuring alignment with Caterpillars engineering standards.
• Assume accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Product Design and Development:

• Applies Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate, and Structural Stress to design and validate components for durability and compliance with Caterpillar standards.
• Leads proof-of-concept development using rapid prototyping tools and digital mockups, integrating feedback from DFMEA and Design Reviews.
• Ensures product quality through integration of Six Sigma methodologies and Design Verification Plans (DVP&R).

Product Design - MFG:

• Knowledge collaborating with suppliers to optimize designs for ease of manufacturability focusing on Team Feasibility Commitments.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including procurement, production, and quality assurance, to align design objectives with manufacturing capabilities using APQP methodology.
• Provides strategic input on complex design challenges by reviewing Tolerance Stack-up Analysis.

Effective Communications:

• Adapt documents and presentations for the intended audience using structured reporting tools and dashboards in Power BI and SharePoint.
• Demonstrate both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position
• Communicate well downward, upward, and outward.
• Employ appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.

Top Candidates will also have:

• Surface Rock Drill product knowledge.
• Previous knowledge designing heavy or light structures.
• Previous knowledge in either NPI or CPI programs.
• Knowledge collaborating with suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturability.
• Knowledge with Caterpillar Engineering Systems (Creo, Teamcenter, HVC, EDS, etc.).
• A self-starter, accountable, quality focused, and customer driven with strong teamwork and organizational skills.

Additional Information:

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

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is NOT 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:

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Summary Pay Range:

$110,520.00 - $165,840.00

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

Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

June 27, 2025 - July 12, 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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