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Manufacturing Engineer

Solar Turbines
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/25/2025
Career Area:

Manufacturing

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.

About the Role:

Provides technical expertise necessary to design all aspects of production, costs, quality, compliance to safety guidelines, and environmental requirements for manufacturing of ACS Airfoils components and assemblies

What You Will Do:

  • Identifying and implementing enhancements and modifications to complex manufacturing operations equipment and processes.
  • Monitoring sophisticated equipment and process reliability; identifying and addressing problem areas.
  • Providing, coaching and development for operations staff and support areas.
  • Providing engineering support on planning, development, operation, and maintenance of equipment, processes, or facilities.

Skill Descriptors

Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization, as it affects cost benefits, process and safety risks as well as key customer concerns.

Judgment and Decision Making: Knowledge of the decision-making process; ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.

Change Control - MFG: Knowledge of the processes and procedures by which a change is identified, evaluated, approved, monitored and documented; ability to manage changes in the production environment and processes effectively, and prevents unauthorized or unintended deviations in compliance with that of change control policies

Engineering - MFG: Knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to effectively implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired design objective or invention. While working with various complex engineering operations, and processes.

Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes as it impacts work cell design and effectiveness monitoring. Finds solution for key technical and people problems associated with transformation to lean. Explains issues and considerations of implementing lean in own function or area. Selects and utilizes tools, techniques and measurements associated with a lean assessment.

Manufacturing Equipment: Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and logistics equipment used in manufacturing; ability to safely operate, maintain, update and store them.

Manufacturing Processes: Knowledge of existing product manufacturing methods, technologies and processes; ability to execute, plan, manage and monitor the entire manufacturing process. Ability to use industry experience and benchmarks for methodology effectiveness. Develops documentation for all major activities and tasks, and able to train others on all major tasks and considerations for the full manufacturing process.

Troubleshooting Technical Problems: Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, detect and resolve technical problems in a manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate can effectively address hardware, software and communications problems and likely resolutions. Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities to discover application problems.

What You Will Do:

  • B.S. Degree in Engineering field or equivalent experience
  • Experience creating manufacturing planning (Quicksilver and/or Creo)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Experience with Quality Management System (Process maps, Work Instructions, Guidance Notes)
  • Experience with Lean Methodologies
  • Ability to read technical drawings
  • Experience interfacing with cross-functional teams

Top Candidate will have:

  • Strong knowledge of airfoils and other turbomachinery components
  • Strong knowledge of CBN Grinding, EDM, Laser welding, and component airflow testing operations
  • Experience with processing non-conforming parts and collaborating with supporting engineering groups.
  • Project or team leadership experience
  • Working knowledge of Creo
  • Experience with Windchill, Azure DevOps and Agile methodologies
  • Aptitude for technology and data acquisition
  • Experience interfacing with external suppliers and/or vendors

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.

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.

Summary Pay Range:

$87,456.00 - $131,184.00

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

Posting Dates:

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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