Job Description

Career Area:

Manufacturing

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Role Definition
Supervisor of a team of engineers who will collaborate with mechanical design engineers in the integration and design of robotic cells with tooling, focusing on the automation of processes within the metal-mechanical industry

Responsibilities
Design and Development of Automated Systems

• Develop and engineer automation solutions, including work cells, production lines, and control systems, ensuring alignment with operational requirements and industry standards.

System Integration

• Integrate mechanical, electrical, and control components into fully functional automated systems, collaborating closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Testing, Commissioning, and Validation

• Lead or support system testing activities, including Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), ensuring proper functionality prior to production release.

Process Improvement and Optimization

• Analyze manufacturing processes to identify opportunities for automation, improving efficiency, reliability, and cycle times through continuous improvement initiatives.

Troubleshooting and Technical Support

• Diagnose and resolve automation-related issues, providing advanced technical support to production and maintenance teams.

Safety and Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure that all automated systems comply with applicable safety regulations and standards, including the implementation of safety controls and risk assessments.

Documentation and Standardization

• Prepare and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including control schematics, system layouts, and operational manuals, ensuring adherence to established standards.

Degree Requirement

• Requires a degree in an accredited Engineering, Mechatronic engineering, or Control and Automation Engineering, Electronic Engineering, etc.
• English-speaking levelintermediate or advanced is required.

Skill Descriptors
Problem Solving

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Programming:

• Interprets application system designs and program specifications.
• Develops structured programming specifications.
• Works with the syntax, structure, features and facilities of at least one language.
• Writes programs in a specific language and for a specific platform.
• Applies structured programming techniques to structured environments.

Technical Troubleshooting:

• Discovers, analyzes, and resolves hardware, software or application problems.
• Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities.
• Handles calls related to product features, applications, and compatibility standards.
• Analyzes code, logs, and current systems as part of advanced troubleshooting.
• Records and reports specific technical problems, solving processes and tools that have been used.

Additional Information

• This position is to work in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon.

• Work schedule is set to Monday to Friday, 7am-4pm.

• This position requires 25% or less travel (domestic and international).

• Relocation bonus is not available.

Final details

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The Caterpillar Code of Conduct states that we will select, and place employees based on their qualifications for the job to be performed, without regard to race, religion, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. In this company we do not request pregnancy tests, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.

This position requires working onsite five days a week.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

junio 16, 2026 - junio 23, 2026

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

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