Tucson, Arizona
17 hours ago
Electrification Compliance Engineering Specialist

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.

Join our pioneering Electrification team, where we’re shaping the future of mining and heavy equipment through cutting-edge electric truck development and our Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) products. We’re not just building machines—we’re redefining an industry. Our products operate in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, and we’re partnering directly with mining customers to test and refine our solutions in real-world environments.

This is a unique opportunity for an engineer to step beyond the traditional boundaries of design and development. In this role, you’ll work directly with customers, regulatory bodies, and cross-functional teams to ensure our electrified products meet the highest standards of safety, compliance, and performance.

What You’ll Do

Lead regulatory compliance efforts across the full product lifecycle—from concept to deployment—for innovative electrification systems.

Interpret and apply global standards (e.g., ISO 13849, ISO 19014, ISO 14990) to ensure our products meet or exceed all safety and environmental regulations.

Collaborate with customers and internal teams to conduct risk assessments (e.g., bowtie analysis), ensuring robust engineering and administrative controls are in place.

Drive certification processes for domestic and international markets, coordinating with third-party testing agencies and preparing technical documentation (e.g., Declarations of Conformity).

Participate in design reviews, translating complex regulatory requirements into actionable engineering tasks.

Lead resolution of non-conformities, working closely with technical teams to implement corrective actions.

Champion a culture of continuous improvement, quality, and safety within a high-performing, innovative engineering team.

Why This Role is Different

Customer-Facing Engineering: Unlike most engineering roles, you’ll engage directly with customers to understand their needs and ensure our solutions are safe, compliant, and effective in the field.

Innovation at the Core: Be part of a team that’s not just adapting to change—we’re driving it. You’ll help shape the regulatory framework for a new class of electrified heavy equipment.

Impactful Work: Your contributions will directly influence product safety, global compliance, and the success of our electrification strategy.

What skills you will have:

Engineering: Experience in electrification, power generation, and mining product development, with a strong focus on compliance and regulatory standards. Familiar with emerging energy technologies including batteries, electric drives, power electronics, and EV charging systems. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver innovative, compliant solutions in complex engineering environments.

Information Capture: Knowledge of the methods, channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify, capture and document relevant business information in an auditable, organized, understandable and easily retrievable manner.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

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.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Conceptual Thinking: Knowledge of thinking and reasoning at a conceptual level; ability to identify the critical ideas and interdependencies among system elements that impact performance.

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science or related fields.

Top Candidates will have:

Understanding of functional safety (e.g., ISO 26262) or be certified in functional safety.
Strong knowledge of key standards (e.g., ISO14990, IEC 60204).

Additional Information:
This position requires the candidate to work full-time at the Tucson, AZ or Mossville, IL office.
This position requires up to 25 % travel.

Domestic relocation assistance is available.

Sponsorship is not available.

Summary Pay Range:

$126,000.00 - $189,000.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of 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

       

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.Relocation is available for this position.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

July 21, 2025 - August 3, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.     

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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