Engineering Specialist - Battery Pack Design

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:

Caterpillar’s Integrated Drivetrain Energy Solutions Division is helping shape the future of electrification. Our teams are developing advanced technologies and solutions across batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, charging, microgrids, energy storage, and integrated electric powertrains.

We’re building teams that can turn emerging technologies into scalable solutions for the industries Caterpillar serves. For engineers who enjoy solving complex problems, challenging conventional approaches, and seeing their ideas progress from concept to real-world application, this is an opportunity to help create technologies that will power a more sustainable future.

Job Summary:

Join Caterpillar’s Battery Packs team and help shape the next generation of electrified products. In this role, you will turn innovative battery concepts into real-world solutions by designing, developing, building, and implementing new products, components, and technologies.

You’ll have the opportunity to influence battery pack architecture and mechanical design from early concept through development and validation, helping solve complex engineering challenges and bring new technology to market. Working across engineering teams, suppliers, and battery system experts, you’ll help create safe, reliable, high-performing battery solutions that advance Caterpillar’s electrification strategy and enable a more sustainable future.

What You Will Do:

- Shape the future of Caterpillar battery technology by leading the development of innovative battery pack and rack mechanical systems from concept through design, development, and validation.
- Turn new ideas into real-world products by defining design parameters, performance requirements, and technical specifications that deliver the safety, quality, performance, cost, and reliability our customers expect.
- Drive innovation by exploring and evaluating new technologies, materials, components, and manufacturing approaches that can improve battery performance, durability, manufacturability, and scalability.
- Bring concepts to life through prototype development, testing, failure analysis, materials selection, and design optimization, using learnings to continuously improve the product.
- Influence next-generation battery architecture by providing technical direction and engineering expertise for new applications and supporting New Technology Introduction (NTI) and New Product Introduction (NPI) programs.
- Collaborate across the battery ecosystem, partnering with Caterpillar engineering teams, battery system experts, suppliers, and external partners to solve technical challenges and support APQP activities.
- Own critical technical outcomes by driving key program deliverables, identifying risks, and helping ensure innovative battery solutions successfully move from early development toward production.

What You Will Have:

- Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.
- Analytical Thinking: Extensive experience and 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.
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Extensive experience and knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
- Effective Communications: Extensive experience and knowledge 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.
- Project Management: Extensive experience and knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
- Computer-Aided Design & Engineering: Extensive experience and knowledge of tools and techniques of specialized graphics programs; ability to produce, analyze, simulate and test product design drafts.
- Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Extensive experience and knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment.

Additional Information:

- This position is in Mossville, IL and requires 5-day a week on-site availability
- Domestic travel up to 15% is required.
- Domestic relocation assistance is offered for this position.
- Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.

Summary Pay Range:

$128,470.00 - $192,710.00

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.

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Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

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Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

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401(k) savings plans*

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Health Savings Account (HSA)*

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Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

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Health Lifestyle Programs*

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Employee Assistance Program*

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Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

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Career Development*

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Incentive bonus*

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Disability benefits

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Life Insurance

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Parental leave

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Adoption benefits

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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:
November 13, 2026 - November 29, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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