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Design Engineers at Caterpillar give their company a 4.5 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Caterpillar is 3.9, making them 14% happier than every other employee at Caterpillar and 17% happier than every other Design Engineer on CareerBliss - the happiest Design Engineers work for Maxon Lift.

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4.5
Average Rating
(based on 4 Design Engineer Review Ratings)
Design Engineer
in Lafayette, IN

"Caterpillar offers great work-life balance. My management team and colleagues were highly capable and awesome people to work with."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Design Engineer
in Decatur, IL

"I have worked here for almost 2 years and it has been a great experience both developmental as well as re-creational."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Design Engineer
in South Milwaukee, WI

"I think this job is very matched with my experience."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Design Engineer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3.5 / 5

Average Caterpillar Attributes by Design Engineer

Company Culture
4.8
Growth Opportunities
4.3
People You Work With
4.8
Person You Work For
4.8
Rewards You Receive
4.3
Support You Get
4.5
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
4.5
Design Engineer

"It was good experience."

Design Engineer

"Great company overall."

Design Engineer

"It was good experience!!"

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Work ethics and company systems."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Practice Pro-E as best as possible."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Contract position benefits."

Design Engineer
in Peoria, IL

"I am satisfied to be Caterpillar employee."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"I did work with various suppliers and customers. I had very good scope in developing managerial skills. Caterpillar is well organized company."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"As Caterpillar is very big company, you cannot get change to work in various departments. I was expecting more technical work at Caterpillar."

Design Engineer
in Mossville, IL

"With Caterpillar it's all about being in the right place at the right time."

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Variety of products."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you start as a contract engineer you have a small chance of being hired full time even after a number of years and especially if you are older."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Contract employees are treated like second class citizens. Caterpillar's diversity and inclusion program is exclusion to Cat employees only. Even safety issues are sometimes not addressed if the boss thinks it's too much trouble."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You are squandering a lot of good ideas from your contract people and needlessly creating a difficult work environment for a large part of your work force."

Design Engineer

What do you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Good company, lot to learn."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be a detail-oriented person."

What don't you like about working at Caterpillar?

"Not enough growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Appreciate hard work."

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