Electronics Manager Jobs in Mapleton, IL (NOW HIRING)

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

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The Electronic Component Products Division is seeking Engineering Manager(s) to lead component product platform organizations supporting the development, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement of Caterpillar's electronic component portfolio. These leaders will provide technical, operational, and people leadership while partnering closely with suppliers, procurement, systems, software, manufacturing, and aftermarket organizations to deliver Component Product Platform commitments. The role is accountable for talent development, product quality, execution excellence, supplier engagement, and long-term business success across the component value stream. Provides strategic oversight and alignment across global engineering organizations and support teams.

Engineering Manager (Leader of Leader)

Direct supervisor for Engineering Manager, product line managers and engineering team members. Accountable for staffing, coaching, mentoring, performance management, career development, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing team culture. Accountable for organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, leadership development, performance management, and creating a culture of accountability, agility, and continuous improvement. Leads organizations consisting of approximately 10-25 engineering professionals. Develops management capability, ensures organizational effectiveness, aligns resources to strategic priorities, and drives execution across multiple product platforms and engineering teams.

The role provides leadership in the following areas:

People Leadership & Change Management

• A change-oriented leader who translates strategy into execution, creating clarity, urgency, and accountability to deliver measurable outcomes. Builds strong cross-functional alignment and effectively influences stakeholders to move priorities forward and resolve barriers to execution.

• Develops and coaches direct reports and emerging leaders, providing opportunities for increased ownership, decision-making, and leadership growth. Builds the next generation of leaders by recognizing potential, providing meaningful feedback, and creating a strong pipeline of capable talent.

• Maintain an active opportunity funnel and prioritize work based on customer problem severity, learning value, business economics, timing, technical feasibility, resource availability, and strategic fit.

Global Product Leadership

• The team has global product responsibility for the electronic component product lines which are leveraged across Caterpillar machines. The manager(s) will lead the team in new product introduction, life cycle management, problem resolution, cost control, quality, manufacturing audits, availability, supplier resilience, compliance and regulations, and managing intellectual property.

• Capture lessons learned from early deployments and customer projects to inform future product requirements, product line decisions, commercial assumptions, and lifecycle improvements.

• Frame ambiguous opportunities into clear learning plans, decision points, scope options, business cases, product plans, launch inputs, and lifecycle management recommendations.

Supplier Leadership

• The team is highly engaged with various component suppliers globally in the development and manufacturing of its product lines.

• Actively engage with procurrent and supply base to drive visibility to supply chain readiness to meet commitments

• Actively engage with supplier engineering and internal teams to work risk mitigations if engineering solutions or alternate parts are deemed necessary to meet supply risk

What You Will Have:

Planning: Tactical, Strategic: Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
Level Extensive Experience:
Develops, refines, and communicates tactical plans for own responsibilities.
Provides the right level of detail as input for strategic plan development.
Demonstrates the value and necessity of linking tactical plans to overall strategic plan.
Ensures the planning process is linked to the overall business plan.

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.
Level Extensive Experience:
Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks.
Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process.
Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact.
Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives.
Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus.
Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions.

Technical Excellence: Deep knowledge of electrical and electronic component NPI, component product line management, end to end component product line development value stream, RFQ, APQP, TFC, manufacturing audits, product obsolescence management, operational excellence through defect containment and prevention across the value stream, knowledge of component EC procedures and ability to solve technical challenges.
Level Extensive Experience:
Advises others on the assessment and provision of all technical solutions.
Engages appropriate subject matter resources to effectively resolve technical issues.
Mentors others to enhance their technical competence and its application to achieve more effective technical solutions.
Coaches others in promoting, defining, analyzing, and providing superior technical solutions to business problems.
Provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
Assumes accountability for personal technical performance and holds others responsible for theirs.

Communicating for Impact: Knowledge of the concepts, tools and techniques for effective listening and communicating; ability to apply these theories to receive, transmit and accurately interpret information and ideas to influence others in various situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
Analyzes the interests or requirements of the audience; shares only relevant information in a direct and efficient manner.
Adapts standard communication approaches when conducting dialogue with different audiences or conveying messages.
Explains others' view points and asks questions to ensure mutual understanding.
Recognizes and assesses cues or unstated intentions behind verbal and nonverbal communication.
Provides persuasive messages using well-reasoned arguments to address audience concerns or reactions.

Customer/Market Focus: Understanding of the importance of remaining aware of shifting market priorities and ability to respond to internal and external customer needs in a manner that consistently adds value.
Level Extensive Experience:
Implements improvements to methods for maintaining customer responsiveness.
Recommends new products and services based on changing customer needs and success criteria.
Responds proactively to market and competitive shifts so as to maintain advantage.
Delivers superior customer value consistently and within targets.
Negotiates successful outcomes on behalf of difficult or dissatisfied customers.
Coaches others to improve focus on the customer.

Managing People: Knowledge of processes involved in managing people; ability to lead successful teams, and diligently address issues related to performance and conflicts at the workplace.
Level Extensive Experience:
Anticipates and manages difficult interpersonal situations and conflicts; resolves them to mutual satisfaction.
Consults within the team; seeks inputs from subordinates and considers all views while making decisions.
Implements coaching and mentoring programs to ensure the holistic development of employees.
Monitors employee morale and satisfaction; recognizes employee contributions and achievements.
Regularly reviews employee performance and provides constructive feedback.
Works collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds; understands their needs and perspectives.

Collaborating Globally: Knowledge of effective collaboration techniques and ability to build networks with people from different countries and cultures, think and work with them to bring positive impact and flourishing business results.
Level Extensive Experience:
Evaluates different viewpoints and reconciles conflicting interests to achieve a collective understanding and a group mission.
Provides optimum solutions for complex problems by using collective intelligence of colleagues' networks.
Trains others on the new technologies or techniques used to facilitate group interactions and improve collaboration.
Uses internal and external network of leaderships or experts to help achieve organizational and client goals.
Facilitates group's thinking and brainstorming activities to collectively create and share ideas.
Oversees a team collaboration to produce positive business results.

Influencing Through Expertise: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to use these to deepen own expertise and impact or challenge decisions within and outside own organization.

Level Extensive Experience:

Communicates complex ideas and concepts in a clear and concise manner so that others can understand.

Exhibits depth and breadth of knowledge, skill, and experience in the relevant field.

Provides relevant, timely and objective subject matter/process expertise and key insight regarding multiple client business areas and affiliated fields.

Provides others with information, opportunities, or resources to develop their skills in the area of expertise.

Discards examples of persuasive arguments lacking evidentiary support or impact.

Coaches others to enhance their proficiency regarding the tenets, practices, and examples of the 'trusted advisor' credential.

Top Candidates Will Have:

Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

Direct Supervisory experience for Leader of Leader position(s) along with demonstrated strong timely staff work needed to manage the business

Experience with business plan management, including budgeting, actuals tracking, and capital processes

Electrical / electronic component development experience

Experience with supplier developed components to include but not limited to Robotics, Displays, Domain Controls. Joysticks, Senors

Experience with internally developed components

Supplier management experience for a portfolio of suppliers and component types

Experience with New Product Introduction, New Technology Introduction, Continuous Product Improvement, Component Lifecyle Management, APQP processes, TFC, component test procedures

Familiarity with manufacturing processes, audits and controls, AQE, experience with operational excellence throughout the product development value stream, defect containment and risk assessment and mitigation through leading indicators

A demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, demonstrated sense of urgency and communicating technical information across departments and business units while driving design activities with a minimum of supervision.

Additional Details:

This position requires the candidate to work full-time onsite at the Mossville, IL

Domestic relocation is available for candidates

20% travel is required for this role

This position does not offer visa sponsorship

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Summary Pay Range:

$159,120.00 - $238,680.00

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