Career Area: Technology, Digital and Data 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. Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Software Testing expert to drive end-to-end testing strategy, execution, and quality assurance for complex enterprise applications. This role will provide technical subject matter expertise to the testing team, ensuring high-quality deliverables aligned with business requirements and enterprise standards. What You Will Do: • The role involves executing regression testing, drive script optimization, defining test strategies, and overseeing test execution. • Will manage defect lifecycle processes, ensure traceability of test cases, and validate critical business scenarios across integrated systems. Additionally, the role requires coordinating with cross-functional teams, business stakeholders, and external partners to ensure testing readiness and successful release outcomes. • The ideal candidate will execute test cases, Identify opportunities to optimize, automate, provide subject matter expertise, guide testing teams, driving best practices, support automation adoption, and continuous improvement initiatives. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential to identify risks, troubleshoot issues, and ensure timely resolution. Additional Information The candidate should have a minimum work experience of 4 years in testing and overall work experience of 6 to 7 years. Candidates should have significant experience in software testing, test management tools, and enterprise systems, along with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. A proactive mindset, quality focus, and ability to work with diverse teams are critical for success. Technical and functional skills • Proficiency in Unified Function Testing (UFT) tool • Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) • Good understanding of Order-to-Cash (O2C) business process integration across SAP systems(ECC, CRM, APO, EWM) What You Have: Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations. Level Working Knowledge: • Helps create contingency plans to mitigate impact of disruption on core applications. • Identifies key players, criticalities, roles, and responsibilities. • Investigates application-related issues with both business and IT professionals. • Recommends enhancements for a major application system or related subsystems. • Works with core application systems for a major business unit or function. 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 Working Knowledge: • 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. Application Design, Architecture: Knowledge of application design and architecture principles and practices; ability to utilize application design methodologies, tools, and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design. Level Extensive Experience: • Analyzes system requirements and translates them into detailed design specifications. • Designs complex application architectures that meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements. • Evaluates and selects appropriate pattern, components, technologies, and tools for application development; integrates them with technical design. • Significantly contributes to application design reviews and walkthroughs to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical solution. • Troubleshoots complex design issues and provides innovative solutions. • Prepares technical design documents and blueprints for applications. Implementation: Knowledge of how to run applications for organizations; ability to implement application software within an organization and help end-users perform specific tasks (ex: accounting or graphic design). Level Working Knowledge: • Tracks problems associated with the quality and effectiveness of application software. • Researches the benefits and drawbacks of an organization's application software. • Drafts application software usage for the department's needs. • Provides instant support for end users of application software. • Implements a specific application software under the supervision of management. Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project. Level Working Knowledge: • Follows policies, practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements. • Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis. • Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements. • Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements. • Utilizes specific organizational methods, tools and techniques for requirements analysis. System and Technology Integration: Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications, databases and technology platforms. Level Working Knowledge: • Assists with current and planned integration initiatives. • Explores major issues and considerations for successful system integration. • Works with applications, data, technology bridges and a variety of platforms. • Works with existing interfaces as well as integration and migration plans within own area. • Plays an active role in local integration efforts. System Testing: Knowledge of system and software testing; ability to design, plan and execute system testing strategies and tactics to ensure the quality of software at all stages of the system life cycle. Level Working Knowledge: • Supports the project leader in developing and executing system test plans. • Evaluates system documentation and user manuals for usability, accuracy and completeness. • Executes test cases, analyzes test results and reports on findings regularly. • Tests system components for compliance with functional requirements. • Participates in the testing of a system's ability to recover from hardware or software failures. Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of India which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers. What You Will Get: Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of a variable bonus. Additional benefits include paid annual leave, flexi leave, medical and insurance (prorated based upon hire date). Final Details: Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status. If you are interested in joining our team, please apply using an English version of your CV. We look forward to meeting you! 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. About Caterpillar Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. This position requires working onsite five days a week. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. Posting Dates: August 6, 2026 - August 20, 2026 Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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