Principal Digital Architect; Autonomy

Principal Digital Architect (Autonomy)
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** Career Area:
** Technology, Digital and Data
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* 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.
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* Job Summary:

** We are the Platform Architecture team responsible for defining, evolving, and governing the architecture of large-scale, mission-critical digital platforms that enable and support key business capabilities.

As a
** Principal Digital Architect for the Autonomy Program**, you will lead the design of end-to-end technical solutions that power autonomous equipment and systems,
** bridging the digital and physical worlds.
** You will be accountable for architecting scalable, secure, and resilient platforms that integrate edge, embedded, and cloud  this role, you will work extensively with diverse sensor and telemetry data streams—including images, LiDAR, and other real-time signals—to enable perception, decision-making, and control systems for autonomous operations. You will collaborate across engineering, data science, and product teams to translate business objectives into robust technical architectures and ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
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* Core Responsibilities:

*** Own and define solution and platform architectures for large‐scale, distributed systems from concept through production.
* Create architecture that meets high standards for scalability, performance, resilience, and security.
* Partner closely with business leaders, product owners, engineering managers, and delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment with business outcomes.
* Assess, select, and introduce new technologies, including proof‐of‐concept development and architectural spikes.
* Establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across platform teams.
* Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, ensuring high‐quality implementation.
* Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
* Produce and maintain clear architecture documentation, including rationale and trade‐offs.
* Continuously evolve platform architecture to improve developer productivity, system reliability, and cost efficiency.
** What

You Will Have:

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* ** Architectural Thinking:
** Ability to decompose complex problem spaces and develop pragmatic architecture options with clearly articulated trade‐offs.
* ** Technical Leadership:
** Influence without authority; guide teams through architectural decisions and implementation challenges.
* ** Communication:
** Clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‐technical stakeholders.
* ** Requirements Analysis:
** Translate business and non‐functional requirements into scalable technical designs.
* ** Platform & Application Architecture:
** Strong foundation in designing modern application and platform architectures using established patterns and standards
** Consideration for top candidates:
*** Experience architecting real-time,…