Embedded Software Senior Engineer

Career Area: Engineering Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

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Role Definition Develops, designs, implements and tests software of embedded devices and systems; monitors and enhances the efficiency and stability of the systems.

Responsibilities •    Gathering and analyzing user/client requirements to create the software requirements specification (SRS) document. •    Writing and implementing source codes of embedded systems and enhancing code samples of existing systems. •    Testing and debugging embedded system software using different tools/methods available to improve code quality and optimize system performance. •    Collaborating with other teams to provide post production support.  •    Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Computer Science, or Materials Science curriculum.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in EEE/ECE/E&I with 12+ years of development experience in Infotainment domain is must.

Minimum 5 + years of hands on experience in developing various automotive communication protocols on CAN , Ethernet , SPI and I2C.

Hands on experience with various IDEs and debugging tools.

Experience is Electronics / embedded product development is mandatory.

Strong hands-on experience in Embedded C/C++ software development

Good experience in developing Embedded Linux & RTOS application software using OS features.

Hands on experience in unit & Integration test plan development.

Strong knowledge in Embedded C, C++, VC++, XML processing, Open GL, Win 32 API & MFC

Strong in Socket programming using TCP & UDP.

Strong leadership, communication and organizational skills.

Strong project management skills, able to plan, organize and lead large, complex projects with diverse project teams

Excellent analytical skills & Attention to detail

Self-starter with strong technical leadership skills

Ability to communicate technical information effectively

Good communication and interpersonal skills & focus on quality & velocity

Skill Descriptors

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems. Level Extensive Experience:  Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.

Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.

Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.

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. Level Working Knowledge:  Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

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.  Level Working Knowledge:  Explains own role and responsibility within team.

Actively participates in team meetings.

Shares information, knowledge, and experiences openly and proactively.

Technical Excellence: Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.  Level Working Knowledge:  Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.

Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.

Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.

Producing Results: Understanding of the criticality of getting things done in spite of current circumstances and the ability to utilize assigned resources and leverage back-channel resources (individuals or teams) to achieve or exceed planned outcomes.  Level Working Knowledge:  Finds or creates ways to measure performance against goals.

Identifies and exploits own strengths; solicits support from others to minimize limitations.

Strives for excellence in performance by surpassing established standards.

Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.  Level Extensive Experience:  Conducts walkthroughs and monitors effectiveness and quality of the development activities.

Elaborates on multiple-development toolkits for traditional and web-based software.

Has participated in development of multiple or large software products.

Contrasts advantages and drawbacks of different development languages and tools.

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.  Level Extensive Experience:  Plays an active or leading role in recording and storing requirement documents in various forms.

Ensures the successful completion of all major activities, tasks and deliverables pertaining to the requirement analysis stage.

Supervises the advanced use of requirements analysis tools and services, including prototyping and use cases.

Produces detailed functional and information requirements models and documentation.

Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.  Level Working Knowledge:  Discovers, analyzes, and resolves hardware, software or application problems.

Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities.

Handles calls related to product features, applications, and compatibility standards.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.  At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization.  It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Posting Dates: June 23, 2026 - July 7, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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