Summary: This Design Engineer role provides onsite support for Engine Cylinder Heads and Connecting Rods, serving as a liaison between manufacturing and design teams. Highlights: 1. Design, develop, build, and implement new components, products, or technologies. 2. Develop Product Design and Critical Thinking skills. 3. Work with a global team creating stronger, more sustainable communities. **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. **Design Engineer** **Role Definition** This position will be responsible to provide onsite Design Engineering support for Engine Cylinder Heads and Connecting Rods components in a new machine\-intensive facility. Will serve as Liaison between the facility Manufacturing/Operations team (ACM) and the Design Control Engineering team (LPSD). Designs, develops, builds, and implements new components, products, or technologies. **Responsibilities:** * Provide onsite Design Engineering support for Project Azteca during validation, PPAP, and production ramp up phases of the project. * Provide onsite Design Engineering support post Project Azteca completion for Rod and Head Machining (2027\+). * Ensure Technical Engineering support to be on\-time with validations and PPAP approvals for Rod and Head Machining (in alignment with existing Project Plan) and guidance to effectively meet Engineering Drawing specifications and/or acceptance criteria in all manufacturing operations. * Day\-to\-day support to the team at Facility 6 for MRB (NCM disposition and issue resolution), PCN, CPPD, NPI, CPI, Continuous Improvement. * Will develop Product Design and Critical Thinking skills to continuously increase Design decision\-making responsibilities. * Assisting supply specialists and buyers with supplier development and supplier performance. * Developing and documenting functional requirements and translating into detail design documents (MOPs). **Required Profile** * **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Materials, Aeronautics or related field) * **Languages:** Fluent English (spoken and written). **Skill Descriptors** **Effective Communications** * Experience working with global teams. * Experience with oral presentations and report writing to multiple levels of the organization. * Skills to communicate with others translating technical language into clear/easy explanations. * Skills translating customer feedback into touchpoints for action planning sessions. * Experience in efficient collaboration with cross\-functional teams dependent of excellent communication (e.g. coordination of Engineering Changes with PCC). * Experience in CPPD is preferred. **Technical Excellence.** * Knowledge of GD\&T and Engineering Drawings. * Knowledge of Caterpillar 1E specifications and/or global Engineering Standards. * Experience in machining process. * Knowledge of assembly process. * Basic knowledge of Casting and Forging process and common defects. * Practical knowledge of measurement equipment. * Able to perform CMM report interpretation. * Proven experience in medium to high complexity technical problem resolution. * Demonstrated outstanding Critical Thinking skills. **Product Design and Development** * 2 years of functional Design, Test, Analysis or Validation experience. * Knowledge of PTC Creo or similar software. * Practical knowledge of APQP concepts; PFMEA, Control Plan, SWES, MSA, etc… * Knowledge of Teamcenter, PRWB, Epix, REDI, ETQ is preferred. * Experience in NSI is preferred. **Additional Information** * **Location:** Ciénega de Flores, Nuevo León * **Work Mode:** On\-site, 5 days per week * **Schedule:** 6:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (subject to work extended hours if required (during production line implementation) * Active passport and USA visa are required. International travel may be required up to 15% of the time, occasionally on short notice. * This position will report to the manufacturing facility Quality Manager during project phase and is to be transitioned into de Design Engineering team post\-project Azteca completion (\~3Q2026\). **Final details**: Caterpillar's Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests or HIV tests as requirements for entry, permanence, or promotion in employment. Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log\-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status. 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