Technical Product Manager

Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

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Technical Product Manager

Caterpillar’s Autonomy and Automation Division is seeking a Technical Product Manager to develop Productivity & Autonomy Site Solutions for Construction & Mining industries. The site solutions involve hardware and software applications utilizing IOT technology overlaid on a wide variety of machine, operational and contextual data. Solution provides customers ability to improve productivity of connected machines either through insights to take actions and / or operate autonomously

Job Duties

• The role involves defining, planning, and coordinating product requirements that meet customers’ needs and quality objectives.
• You will lead the development priorities for cross-functional delivery teams and be responsible for meeting customer satisfaction.
• Coordination and delivery of product development activities, including functional (Requirements, E2E Validation) and non-functional activities (Product Regulations and Compliance, Documentation, Product Support).
• Work closely with business team to define product requirements based on the market needs
• Manage product backlog and development prioritization, in accordance with business priorities and quality expectations.
• Work with engineering delivery organizations external to A&A organisation for integration needs.
• Partner with service engineers, dealers, and customers to perform field follow planning and execution
  
  

Experience

7 years of job-related experience in Construction/Mining technology or in relevant IIOT technology applied within other industries.

4 years of experience in product development processes and product life-cycle management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an accredited Engineering, Information Technologies, or Computer Science.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and articulate product capability and application knowledge.
• Demonstrated knowledge of IT and IoT technology.
• Proven team leadership skills, with direct and indirect resources.
• Good human relations and communication skills to develop a cooperative work relationship with customers, dealers, internal development partners, as well as field business development organizations.
• Equipment maintenance and reliability knowledge.
• Knowledge of AWS, Azure, IoT messaging technology and database technology
• Ability to build strong working relations with global teams and resources of multiple cultures.
• Experience with defining system requirements.
• Ability to initiate and take independent action.
• Ability to plan, prioritize and organize.
• Demonstrated performance to very high work standards.
• Flexible schedule to attend and drive meetings with global development and business partners.
  
  

Skill Descriptors:

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.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Ensures capture of lessons to be learned from a problem-solving effort.
• Organizes potential problem solvers and leads problem resolution efforts.
• Uses varying problem-solving approaches and techniques as appropriate.
• Contributes to standard practices for problem-solving approaches, tools, and processes.
• Analyzes and synthesizes information and devises alternative resolution strategies.
• Develops successful resolutions to critical or wide-impact problems.
  
  

Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Explains how to use multiple, vendor-provided or in-house structured methodologies.
• Describes tasks, tools and practices for converting software product requirements into a design.
• Demonstrates experience with all phases and deliverables of the product development methodology.
• Implements the generic functions, features and facilities of modern structured methods.
• Explores and evaluates major structured methodologies available in the marketplace.
• Consults on effective application of structured product development methodologies.
  
  

Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge of the concepts, technologies and methodologies of artificial intelligence (AI); ability to develop, implement and/or apply artificial intelligence products and services in specific industry domain to achieve business goals.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Performs basic tasks within a specific artificial intelligence area, such as self-driving cars, medical diagnosis, playing games, financial fraud detection, etc.
• Assists in business requirements analysis in the AI solution design or deployment process.
• Maintains and/or updates AI systems and equipment on a regular basis.
• Deploys, develops or operates specific AI products, equipment, systems and/or platforms to achieve certain business goals.
• Tests and troubleshoots the functionality of AI applications and systems within a specific area
  
  

Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates:

January 22, 2026 - February 5, 2026

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

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