Manager Engineering - System Engineering

Caterpillar UK

System-level design
Technical governance
Software products
This role is accountable for guiding the team responsible for system‑level design, integration, and technical governance across complex software products operating in both on‑premises and cloud environments

Job Summary

  • This role is accountable for guiding the team responsible for system‑level design, integration, and technical governance across complex software products operating in both on‑premises and cloud environments.
  • The position ensures the team consistently delivers end‑to‑end system coherence, and effective integration with various software and hardware systems.
  • Through close partnership with product, platform, and delivery teams, the role ensures the team translates product intent into executable and sustainable system designs that meet functional, non‑functional, and operational requirements of the product.

Matching Summary

This role is accountable for guiding the team responsible for system‑level design, integration, and technical governance across complex software products operating in both on‑premises and cloud environments.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • system-level design
  • technical governance
  • software products
  • on-premises and cloud environments
  • requirements decomposition
  • interface definition
  • technical risk management
  • SAFe / Agile environments

Nice-to-have

  • continuous improvement
  • architectural integrity
  • scalability, reliability, and cybersecurity requirements
  • proactive technical risk management
  • cross-functional engineering teams

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering and technical leadership
  • 7+ years in system engineering roles
  • Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams
  • Delivering large-scale, mission-critical systems
  • Strong experience with system integration
  • Experience operating within Agile / SAFe environments

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