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Caterpillar

Power Systems Engineer I – Electric Power

Texas, US

Sponsorship not specified$89k-$134kDetected 78 days ago
Systems EngineeringPower Electronics

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odds of building a lasting career here

43Risky
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role65
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level II)66
Fits your clock70

Thin sponsorship signal and lottery-bound (~30% per draw). A low-probability bet with your clock running. Prioritize cap-exempt roles and proven entry-level sponsors first.

Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level I · 1×
Level I$81,1821 entry
Level II$108,0352 entries
Level III$134,9093 entries
Level IV$161,7624 entries

$18,825 more — $108,035 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.

Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $108,035 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Electrical Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Electrical Engineers (17-2071) · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

Employer immigration record

from this employer's Department of Labor filings

Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 11 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card intent detected

Caterpillar Inc. obtained a prevailing wage determination for Software Developers in Irving, TEXAS on 2026-06-22. No matching green-card filing appears in our data yet. The determination expires in 12 days (2026-09-19), and a green-card filing must follow before then or the employer starts over.

Green-card follow-through: 88%

Of 8 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 1 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 456 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

52 transfer filings in the last year, covering 52 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.

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About the role

  • 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.

Compensation

  • $89k-$134k

Company info

  • We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.
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