IT & Software

Control Systems Engineering Specialist

Caterpillar

Peterborough · Cambridgeshire · United Kingdom

Overview

Join Caterpillar's Technology team in the UK to design and enhance electro-mechanical control systems for Caterpillar machinery. You will collaborate with cross-functional groups to create reliable embedded control and software features, enabling machine automation and better serviceability. You’ll work on integrating electronics and powertrain, hydraulic, or full electric systems to boost performance and value for customers. This role offers meaningful impact through shaping control architectures and solving complex system challenges in a global engineering context.

Pay / Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave
  • 8 bank holidays
  • Up to 18% bonus
  • Car allowance
  • Contributory pension scheme with employer match
  • Contributory share scheme with employer match 50% of contribution
Responsibilities
  • Develop and support control system architectures and functionality for machine and technology applications
  • Collaborate with systems, software, and product teams to define and implement control strategies
  • Participate in the integration, validation, and troubleshooting of control system features
  • Contribute technical expertise to project planning, design reviews, and product development activities
  • Maintain effective collaboration across engineering disciplines and global teams
  • Maintain/manage tools and processes to support embedded control and Autosar software features
Key requirements
  • Analytical thinking with root-cause analysis
  • Knowledge of communicating complex concepts clearly
  • Problem solving across organizational, operational, or process issues
  • Technology advising capabilities for products and solutions in a technology domain
  • Conceptual thinking and identification of system interdependencies
  • Embedded systems knowledge and ability to develop embedded control for machines
  • Requirements analysis skills to elicit and document business functionality and non-functional requirements
  • Technical troubleshooting approaches for hardware, software, or operation issues
  • Analytical thinking
  • Clear communication
  • Problem solving
  • Embedded systems development
  • AUTOSAR knowledge or experience
  • MATLAB/Simulink software development

Reference: WJ-747_30170597

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