The Engineering Transformation Manager leads teams to ensure data quality and integrates automated quality solutions, collaborating with various engineering and product teams.
Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data
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.
Engineering Transformation Manager leads a team responsible for transforming process, and tools used in engineering development, validation, and quality. This role is accountable for delivering scalable, compliant, and high-impact solutions that improve productivity, quality, and cycle time across engineering organizations.
The manager bridges technology, engineering execution, and ensuring that solutions are not only technically effective but also quality standards.
What You Will Do:
What You Will Have:
Top Candidate Will Have:
Additional Details:
Summary Pay Range:
$147,760.00 - $240,110.00
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.
* 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:
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.
Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.
Technology, Digital and Data
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.
Engineering Transformation Manager leads a team responsible for transforming process, and tools used in engineering development, validation, and quality. This role is accountable for delivering scalable, compliant, and high-impact solutions that improve productivity, quality, and cycle time across engineering organizations.
The manager bridges technology, engineering execution, and ensuring that solutions are not only technically effective but also quality standards.
What You Will Do:
- Lead and develop a team focused on Tech-enabled engineering and validation transformation.
- Identify high-impact modernization opportunities for workflow automation and process redesign.
- Manage AI initiatives end-to-end, from concept through division-wide scaling, with measurable results.
- Set clear goals, KPIs, and roadmaps tied to productivity, quality, and cycle-time improvements.
- Drive AI-assisted solutions in areas like code generation, code review, software development lifecycle and defect detection.
- Advance analytics automation through GenAI and agentic AI capabilities.
- Promote AI as a standard engineering capability, not just isolated experiments or pilots.
- Lead cross-functional transformation efforts to embed AI into core engineering processes and scale successful pilots.
- Partner with leaders and stakeholders to align AI initiatives with business goals while communicating outcomes, risks, and building organizational capability through training and coaching.
What You Will Have:
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or engineering tools, with hands-on AI/ML application experience.
- 3+ years of experience in team leadership or supervisory roles.
- Deep understanding of product development tools and process, large dataset management.
- Experience leading AI transformation initiatives in validation, quality, or engineering domains.
- Strong ability to translate AI capabilities into business value and operational outcomes.
Top Candidate Will Have:
- Experience leading AI transformation initiatives in validation, quality, or engineering domains.
- Background in digital transformation and enterprise-scale implementations.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineering specialists focused on AI-enabled engineering and validation transformation.
- Background in digital transformation and enterprise-scale implementations.
Additional Details:
- This position requires the candidate to be based in Peoria, ILL.
- Relocation assistance is available for this position
- Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position
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- Posting Dates: 07/29-08/13
Summary Pay Range:
$147,760.00 - $240,110.00
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:
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.
Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.
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