Gas Engine System Engineer

About Advanced Power Technologies

At Advanced Power Technologies, we create the technologies that define the future of Power & Energy. We start with the customer of the future, understanding tomorrow's challenges and developing the innovations needed to solve them. With prime product and industry groups, Advanced Power Technologies (APT) defines and delivers Caterpillar's next generation of power system technologies. The organization leads product strategy, long term technology roadmaps, and lifecycle leadership for advanced power, electrification, electronic controls, software, and energy solutions across the entire range of Power and Energy applications around the world. Our unique advantage comes from combining deep customer understanding, product knowledge, and technical expertise across the entire Power & Energy portfolio. APT integrates hardware, software, and digital services to deliver scalable, reliable, and future-ready power solutions. Partnering closely with product groups, engineering, and global delivery teams, APT balances near-term business execution with long-term technology leadership—enabling best in class electronics quality, fast response to market changes, differentiated customer value through vertical integration, improved uptime, and sustainable power systems across Caterpillar's Power and Energy product portfolio.

About the Role

A Gas Engine System Engineer develops, integrates, and supports gas engine subsystems under the guidance of a System Lead. They are responsible for translating system-level requirements into detailed technical solutions, executing analysis, development, and validation work to ensure the subsystem performs as intended within the overall engine system.

Responsibilities

• Designing advanced electrical control systems and integrating electrical and mechanical systems
• Designing and implementing software and procedures to control and enhance electro-mechanical systems and mechatronic devices performance in collaboration with scientists
• Designing and prototyping mechatronic devices with motors, solenoids, gears, sensors, and springs
• Identify and address areas of product weakness in finished products

Requirements

Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.

Qualifications

• Analytical Thinking (Working Knowledge): Comfortable investigating unknown problems and situations through systematic analysis investigating multiple alternative solutions; uses engineering tools to make quantitative comparisons based off facts and empirical data; uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions
• Problem Solving (Working Knowledge): Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives; examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder; develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information; helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution; uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems
• Embedded Systems (Working Knowledge): Understands both hardware and software aspects of electronic control systems; thinks beyond individual components and focuses on system interactions; can trace issues across requirements, controls logic, communications, electronics, and mechanical subsystems; understands CAN/J1939 communications, diagnostics, fault management, and embedded controls concepts; effectively bridges discussions between software developers, electronics engineers, controls engineers, and product teams; considers reliability, safety, maintainability, and customer impact when making technical decisions
• Requirements Analysis (Basic Understanding): Cites examples of functional and non-functional requirements; describes basic concepts and major activities associated with requirements analysis; explains the life cycle context and scope of requirements analysis; explains the structure and components of effective requirements analysis documents
• Technical Troubleshooting (Basic Understanding): Follows a structured troubleshooting methodology rather than relying on assumptions; rapidly narrows the problem space and focus investigations on the highest-probability causes; understands how to use diagnostic tools, oscilloscopes, CAN analyzers, datalogs, calibration tools, and test equipment; separates observed symptoms from root causes; develops and tests hypotheses using evidence and data; remains effective under pressure when supporting urgent field or production issues; balances technical depth with timely business decisions

Pay

$97,530.00 - $146,290.00

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

Schedule

This position requires working onsite five days a week.