Embedded Software Senior Engineering Specialist

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.

The individual hired for this position will lead an agile development team to design, develop, integrate, and test software features on embedded electronic controls for use in Caterpillar machine applications primarily on Underground equipment, Rotary Blasthole Drills and Hydraulic Mining Shovels. This role will be critical in leading the software development teams working to update these applications to the latest hardware and software architectures along with positioning for future technology updates.

What You Will Do:

• Design, planning and coordination of all levels of software required to build production flash files

• Machine software feature development for both Real-Time and Linux Operating Systems

• Definition of detailed software specs

• Organization of individual subsystem diagrams and software libraries for integration

• Integration of software features taken from models and libraries to create software flash files

• Integration of configuration and calibration data

• Test plan development and software validation

• Leading deployment of SIL, AutoSAR and Interface Standardization

• Support and communication of software releases, including documentation required by field follow and/or customers for successfully updating software, wiring and components

• Identification and resolution of software defects, and proper issue list submissions and management

• Lead software design reviews

• Drive software commonality and reuse between different machine applications where possible

• Usage of AI tools to improve efficiency

What Skills You Will Have:

Analytical Thinking:

• Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.

Teamwork:

• Works with large or multiple teams that span functions, issues, locations, and time zones.

Technical Excellence:

• Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.

• Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Producing Results:

• Ensures time, resources, energy, and actions are focused on priorities that matter to the business.

• Reliably meets all team commitments, quotas, and goals.

• Communicates a strong sense of urgency about solving problems and getting work done.

• Makes effective use of resources not under own direct control.

Software Product Design/Architecture:

• Facilitates design reviews and walkthroughs.

• Analyzes benefits and drawbacks of specific software designs and architecture.

Requirements Analysis:

• Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.

• Trains others on requirements walkthroughs and quality reviews.

Technical Troubleshooting:

• Plays a leadership role in resolving complex, multi-component failures.

• Develops and demonstrates an extensive knowledge base and best practice on how to troubleshoot non-recurring and performance-related problems.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Extensive experience with C programming language and MATLAB

• Extensive experience developing embedded software for electronically controlled mechanical systems

• Experience with modeling tools such as Matlab/Simulink in an embedded software environment

• Fundamental understanding of mobile machine operation, ideally construction equipment and operations

• Basic knowledge of Linux operating systems

• Experience with data link communications

• Experience with FMEA processes and a basic knowledge of electronic system failure modes

• Experience with embedded software development tools such as Git, debuggers, and compilers

• Strong communication skills, good organizational and time management skills, and the ability to identify needed actions and act to resolve issues with minimal oversight

• Advanced engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering

• Ability to communicate technical information effectively with a diverse group

Additional Details:

• This position requires the candidate to work full-time onsite at the Mossville, IL office.

• Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.

• Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

• 10% travel is required for this role

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Summary Pay Range:

$147,760.00 - $221,640.00

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

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

June 25, 2026 - June 30, 2026

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. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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