Senior Test & Validation Engineer – Electrification
Caterpillar · Mossville, IL
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $113k–$169k
- Travel
- 20%
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 10 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Caterpillar (industrial) in Mossville, IL. Caterpillar’s IDES Division is looking for a Senior Test & Validation Engineer – Electrification to lead validation across multiple new product development and new technology investigation projects.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- FMEA, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Base pay
- $113k–$169k
- Day to day
- about 20% travel · relocation help
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
At a glance
Pulled from the posting text. If it's not listed here, the posting didn't say.
How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Caterpillar
We found 10 people at this company and state: 6 on the team, 4 leaders. Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. See them ↓
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
Write to Aaron → (free) - 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- The posting says about 20% travel. Between which sites?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
About the role
Job Summary
Caterpillar’s IDES Division is looking for a Senior Test & Validation Engineer – Electrification to lead validation across multiple new product development and new technology investigation projects. The successful candidate will own validation planning and execution for both new product introduction (NPI) and in-production product improvement projects, from defining what needs to be validated to coordinating testing with internal and external labs. The role combines technical coordination, project execution, vendor management, and ownership of safe validation practices to ensure reliable, safe, and effective testing of innovative energy and powertrain solutions.
What you will do
- ◆Plan, lead and execute validation projects
- ◆Determine how, what and when to execute validation projects with other teams/labs
- ◆Collaborate with system and subsystem team members, as well as internal and external test facilities, to complete validation and certifications
- ◆Coordinate the execution of the FMEA and Validation Planning Workshop process
- ◆Maintain and regularly report out on product validation schedule and status to validation leadership
- ◆Contribute to the analysis of test failure discoveries and facilitate the verification of NPI issue resolution
- ◆Build relationships and leverage business unit and corporate validation experts
- ◆Champion our enterprise values, create vision and deliver on commitments
requirements
to test plans, project leadership, managing multiple projects
Show full description ↓Show less ↑
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.
About IDES
Integrated Drivetrain Energy Solutions (IDES) is a cross-functional organization focused on the development, integration, and execution of advanced electrified drivetrain, battery, charging, power conversion, and energy management solutions. IDES brings together engineering, program management, product support, and business stakeholders to deliver integrated energy solutions that support Caterpillar's electrification strategy and customer applications.
We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world. We need self-motivated, intelligent and team-oriented individuals to make our plans a reality. Individuals with high emotional intelligence, humility and openness to discovery will thrive in the teams we are building.
Additional Information
- •This position is located in Mossville, IL.
- •Domestic travel up to 20% is required.
- •Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.
- •Visa sponsorship is NOT offered for this position.
- •This position is based in office, 5 days per week.
What you will have
- •Experience in leading projects, working with internal and external test facilities, coordinating contractors and parts procurement
- •Troubleshooting hardware/software, hands on experience
- •Experience with translating
Degree Requirement
- •Bachelor’s degree in accredited Engineering field, Mechanical or Electrical
Product Testing: Extensive knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.
- •Coordinates execution of test plans, including resources, strategy, schedules, processes and tools.
- •Collaborates with design team to ensure testing considerations are incorporated into system design.
- •Recommends tools and techniques for automating, simplifying and enhancing product testing.
- •Compares and contrasts alternative testing methodologies and tools.
- •Matches testing methodology and tools to product being tested; develops test scenarios and scripts.
- •Estimates time, effort and resources required for thorough testing.
Technical Excellence: Extensive knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
- •Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
- •Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
- •Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
- •Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
- •Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
- •Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.
Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Extensive experience and understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
- •Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
- •Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of accuracy.
- •Productively balances speed and accuracy.
- •Implements a variety of cross-checking approaches and mechanisms.
- •Demonstrates expertise in quality assurance tools, techniques, and standards.
- •Employs techniques for motivating employees to meet or exceed accuracy goals.
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Extensive knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
- •Differentiates assumptio