Daniel Walter
Senior Engineer at Caterpillar Inc.
West Bend, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Walter is a Senior Engineer who blends 13 years of mechanical design with a hands-on software mindset to deliver manufacturable, cost-efficient engineering solutions. He has driven design-for-manufacturability improvements at Caterpillar using DFMEAs, DMAIC Six-Sigma, QFD, and Pugh matrices to shorten validation cycles and reduce part rejection, including engineering the Engine Installation and Cooling package for Caterpillar’s first Tier 4 mining shovel. His work spans powertrain and cooling system developments, field-verified analyses, and cross-functional collaboration across global teams, with early-career roles at Terex, John Deere, and Gehl shaping a broad systems perspective. He emphasizes parts standardization and reuse to cut design and validation costs while maintaining performance, quality, and regulatory awareness. A lifelong learner with a track record mentoring junior engineers and a self-described web/mobile development background, he bridges traditional mechanical engineering with software tooling and digital workflows to accelerate product delivery. Based in West Bend, Wisconsin, he combines regional insight with a global collaboration mindset to turn complex customer needs into practical, auditable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSME, Mechanical Engineering, BSME, Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnesota
Github Skills (7)
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business-logic2
typescript1
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dxwalter/cudua-ui
Mar 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:7 pushes in 2 years 7 months
dxwalter/cudua-backend
Mar 2021 - Oct 2023
This is the business logic for cudua
Contributions:8 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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