Top 40 Test lead Jobs in Pekin, Il

Lead Software Test Engineer - Prime Online
Caterpillar —Peoria, IL
- $128,470 - $208,770 a year
- Full-time
- Computer science
- 7 years
- Azure
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
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Senior Customer Quality Engineer
Generac Power Systems Inc —East Peoria, IL
- Full-time
- 5 years
- Engineering
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
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Senior Data Product Owner, Cat Digital
Caterpillar —Peoria, IL
- $112,710 - $183,140 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Computer Science
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
12d
Business Intelligence - Lead Product Owner- Dealer Portfolio
Caterpillar —Peoria, IL
- $128,470 - $208,770 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- Pass drug screening
- Product management
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
5d
Lead Embedded Engineer
Caterpillar —Mossville, IL
- $128,470 - $192,710 a year
- Full-time
- Computer science
- Computer Science
- Pass drug screening
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
Engine Validation Engineer
Diversified Services Network, Inc. —Mossville, IL
- $75,000 - $80,000 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Electrical Engineering
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
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Lead UX/UI Designer
Caterpillar —Mossville, IL
- $128,470 - $208,770 a year
- Full-time
- Pass drug screening
- Bachelor's degree
- Product management
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
6d
Engineer III, Embedded Software Developer
Komatsu America Corp. —Peoria, IL
- $84,500 - $117,000 a year
- Remote
- Mid-level
- Travel
- Electrical Engineering
- Health savings account
- Disability insurance
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Embedded SW Sr. Engineer
Caterpillar —Mossville, IL
- $127,587 - $169,060 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Software troubleshooting
- Pass drug screening
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
Engine Controls Validation Engineer
Cintal, Inc. —Chillicothe, IL
- $70,000 - $85,000 a year
- Full-time
- Software troubleshooting
- Engineering
- Mid-level
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
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Software Engineer III - Guidewire Full-Stack Developer
Pekin Insurance —Pekin, IL
- $94,000 - $129,000 a year
- Computer science
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
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Dev/Research Engineer
Cintal, Inc. —Chillicothe, IL
- $92,000 - $97,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- US work authorization
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
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HR-Finance Business Analyst
Bradley University —Peoria, IL
- $85,000 - $90,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Mid-level
- Analysis skills
- University
- Health savings account
- Health insurance
13d
Embedded Software Engineer
Caterpillar —Mossville, IL
- $97,530 - $146,290 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Pass drug screening
- Mid-level
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
4d
Design Engineering Specialist - Drivetrain NTI
Caterpillar —Mossville, IL
- $128,470 - $192,710 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Pass drug screening
- Senior level
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
Engineer IV, Embedded Software Developer
Komatsu America Corp. —Peoria, IL
- $98,000 - $133,000 a year
- Remote
- Continuous improvement
- Travel
- Linux
- Health savings account
- Disability insurance
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Agronomy Technology Technician
Ag-Land FS, Inc. —Tremont, IL
- $50,000 - $70,000 a year
- Extended hours
- Background check
- Clean driving record
- Computer literacy
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
Senior Software Engineer
TaxPlanIQ —United States
- $100,000 - $140,000 a year
- Email
- Remote
- Background check
- System design
- Java
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Ark PES —United States
- $130,000 - $180,000 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Computer Science
- Research
- Java
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Lead Software Test Engineer - Prime Online

Caterpillar -
Peoria, IL

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Job Details

Full-time
$128,470 - $208,770 a year
6 days ago

Benefits

Health savings account
Paid holidays
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off
Adoption assistance
Parental leave
Employee assistance program
Vision insurance
Employee discount
Life insurance

Qualifications

Management
Enterprise software
Agile scheduling
Smartphone applications
Software quality assurance team management
Team development
Mentoring
Web applications
Agile software development
Quality check automation
Managing testing technician teams
Technical troubleshooting support
DevOps automation
Agile planning

Full Job Description

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.

Cat Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over 1.5 million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better, more sustainable world.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated Lead Software Test Engineer to drive quality engineering practices across our Cat.com/Prime Online applications. This role is responsible for defining test strategy, leading automation initiatives, improving release quality, and ensuring reliable, scalable customer experiences across web, API, and integrated enterprise systems.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in software testing with strong leadership skills, enabling them to influence quality practices across cross-functional teams while remaining hands-on in automation, performance testing, and release readiness activities. This role will serve as a champion for AI-first quality engineering practices, helping teams maximize productivity through responsible adoption of AI-assisted development and testing tools.

What You Will Do:

Quality Leadership & Governance

Lead and mentor software test engineers, fostering technical growth and continuous improvement within the quality engineering organization.
Establish testing standards, quality metrics, and governance practices across multiple product teams.
Drive defect prevention initiatives through root-cause analysis, quality reviews, and process improvements.
Provide quality status reporting, release readiness assessments, and risk evaluations to stakeholders.
Champion an AI-first approach to quality engineering, leveraging generative AI and intelligent automation tools to accelerate test design, test data creation, defect analysis, and test maintenance.

Test Strategy & Execution

Define and execute comprehensive test strategies for web, mobile, API, and enterprise platform solutions.
Lead functional, integration, regression, system, user acceptance, and end-to-end testing efforts.
Utilize risk-based testing methodologies to prioritize testing efforts for business-critical functionality.
Ensure quality validation across multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android environments.

Test Automation & Continuous Testing

Design, develop, maintain, and scale automated testing frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end validation.
Integrate automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment confidence and reduce production defects.
Drive automation strategy using modern tools and frameworks such as Playwright, WebdriverIO, Selenium, Appium, and API automation tools.
Continuously improve regression coverage, execution efficiency, and testing reliability.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner closely with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Architects, and DevOps teams to refine requirements and establish acceptance criteria.
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and design discussions to promote shift-left quality practices.
Support production releases through validation, monitoring, defect analysis, and continuous feedback.

What You Will Have:

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
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.
Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design.
Software Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a software products; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products.
Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.

Considerations For Top Candidates:

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
7+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, or test automation.
Demonstrated experience leading quality initiatives and mentoring software test engineers.
Extensive experience testing web applications, mobile applications, APIs, and integrated enterprise systems.
Proven experience designing and implementing automated testing frameworks and strategies.
Strong understanding of Agile software development and DevOps practices.
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing methodologies.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience leading or mentoring QA teams in Agile environments.
Experience using Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Azure AI services, or similar AI-assisted engineering tools.
Experience supporting enterprise digital platforms, commerce and other similar platforms.
Experience with test automation using JavaScript/TypeScript and modern testing frameworks.
Experience validating microservices and API-driven architectures.
Experience integrating automated testing into Azure DevOps pipelines and GitHub-based workflows.
Experience with performance testing, reliability testing, and release certification activities.
Experience with cloud-native applications and distributed systems.

Technical Skills

Test Automation

Playwright
WebdriverIO
Selenium
Appium
Robot Framework
TestCafe

API Testing

Postman
Swagger / OpenAPI
REST API Validation
Microservices Testing

Programming Languages

JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
SQL

CI/CD & DevOps

Azure Pipelines
GitHub Actions
Continuous Testing
Deployment Validation

Platforms

Web Applications
Mobile Applications (iOS & Android)
APIs & Microservices
Enterprise Integrated Systems

What You Will Get:

Working with a Fortune 100 leader, you can build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies. We’ve created an inclusive environment for you to explore your passions, make an impact and do the work that really matters. Join Us.

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.

Summary Pay Range:

$128,470.00 - $208,770.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
401(k) savings plans*
Health Savings Account (HSA)*
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
Health Lifestyle Programs*
Employee Assistance Program*
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
Career Development*
Incentive bonus*
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement

These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

July 23, 2026 - July 31, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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