System Integration Test Architect

Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data
Job Description:
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Role Definition
As a System Integration Test Architect, you will drive end-to-end validation across complex, multi-program ecosystems and to deliver solutions that improve quality and enable testing. This role sits at the intersection of product, engineering, and quality, ensuring that system integrations are well-defined, gaps are identified early, and validation is executed in alignment with system test strategies.
What you will do:

• Act as a technical product owner for system test architecture scope, aligning with business and engineering goals
• Own and manage backlog, including prioritization, refinement, and delivery tracking
• Define requirements for new solutions that improve quality, efficiency, and enable testing
• Drive integration validation across multiple programs and systems
• Identify integration gaps, risks, and dependencies across systems, data flows, and environments
• Ensure test teams execute validation in accordance with defined system test strategies
• Lead cross-team alignment between engineering, QA, product, and program stakeholders
• Monitor and report on validation progress and coverage
• Continuously improve integration testing processes, tooling, and coverage

What you will have:

• Effective Communications: Understanding 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.
• Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
• Application Design, Architecture: Knowledge of basic activities and deliverables of application design; ability to utilize application design methodologies, tools and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into a test strategies.
• Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.

Top candidates will have:

• Typically have 12 years or more of software engineering experience
• Experience as a Technical Product Owner, System Integration Lead, or QA/Test Lead in complex systems
• Strong technical understanding of APIs and system integrations
• Experience owning and managing product backlog in Agile environment
• Ability to read and interpret API specs, logs, and integration data flows
• Experience defining end-to-end test scenarios and system validation strategies
• Ability to identify testing and quality gaps across systems and translate them into actionable plans
• Experience working across multiple teams/programs with complex dependencies
• Experience with defect management and root cause analysis
• Hands-on SQL
• Experience with test automation
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and microservices
• Experience building or working with data quality/validation platforms

Additional Details:

• This position has the option to be based out of either our Chicago, IL, Peoria, IL, or Irving, TX (Dallas) offices.
• Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position
• Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position now or in the future.

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Summary Pay Range:
$128,470.00 - $208,770.00
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
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Posting Dates:
May 6, 2026 - May 18, 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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