Career Area:
Engineering
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
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The Senior Connectivity Systems Engineer will provide end-to-end technical leadership for the development, integration, and delivery of machine connectivity capabilities. This role will translate product and business needs into clear system requirements, technical solutions, interfaces, and implementation plans while coordinating execution across embedded software, hardware, cloud, cybersecurity, and machine application teams. The role will serve as the primary technical owner for assigned connectivity features and initiatives, driving them from concept and requirements through design, integration, validation, and production readiness. A key focus will be identifying cross-system dependencies early, resolving technical issues and trade-offs, and ensuring solutions are scalable and reusable across Product Link and machine platforms.
What You Will Do:
Lead the end-to-end development, integration, validation, and delivery of machine connectivity features and capabilities.
Translate product and business needs into clear system requirements, technical designs, interfaces, and implementation plans.
Coordinate system integration across embedded software, hardware, cloud, cybersecurity, and machine application teams.
Develop product testing and validation strategies to ensure system performance, reliability, and production readiness.
Troubleshoot complex system-level issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive technical issues through resolution.
Identify cross-system dependencies, technical risks, and design trade-offs early in the development process.
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and build strong working relationships across engineering teams and stakeholders.
Apply connectivity and telematics tools and technologies, including Azure DevOps, Datalink Protocols, Onboard Subscription hierarchy, Helios, DSP, VisionLink, and Snowflake.
What You Will Have:
Teamwork: Knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; experience with; ability to work cooperatively towards shared goals and being supportive of others at all levels.
Align cross-functional teams on execution expectations across scope, timelines, priorities, and ownership.
Serve as the primary technical interface between onboard teams, connectivity platforms, and product stakeholders.
Drive decision-making and resolution across system and organizational boundaries.
Influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
Partner with the aftermarket team to support long-term system evolution and obsolescence management.
Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
Act as the system-level technical owner for assigned connectivity capabilities and initiatives.
Provide technical leadership for connectivity and telematics features through development, validation, and release.
Drive validation planning and execution for firmware and connectivity feature releases, ensuring readiness for release gates and adherence to quality standards.
Drive or support key connectivity initiatives related to Tech Platform 1.0.
Advance adoption of next-generation technologies, including 5G and A7.
Act as a trusted technical advisor for high-impact connectivity challenges.
Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business…