Autonomy Systems Engineer

Technology, Digital and Data

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This role contributes to the definition, design, integration, and validation of operator safety systems across Caterpillar automation and autonomy solutions. The Systems Engineer applies established systems engineering practices to develop reliable, field-ready safety system capabilities that help protect operators, bystanders, and equipment in demanding mining and construction environments. Working collaboratively with cross-functional engineering, product, test, and operations teams, this role supports system architecture definition, requirements development, interface management, integration planning, and verification activities for operator-facing safety technologies.

Our CAT Technology Automation and Autonomy teams are focused on advancing practical automation and autonomy solutions for harsh production environments found on mining and construction jobsites. The Operator Safety Systems team develops technologies that support safe operation around people, machines, and jobsite hazards, including sensing, monitoring, alerting, intervention, and system behaviors that reduce operational risk.

• Operator presence, awareness, and monitoring systems
• Cameras, sensors, perception inputs, and machine interfaces that support operator safety
• Safety-related system behaviors, alerts, and intervention concepts
• Integration of operator safety features with autonomy, remote control, and site technology solutions
• Field-ready safety solutions for mining, construction, quarry, surface, and underground applications

• Develop, manage, and maintain system-level requirements for operator safety system capabilities, interfaces, and behaviors
• Define system architectures, operating concepts, use cases, interfaces, and functional allocations across software, hardware, sensing, and machine control components
• Use Jama or similar requirements management tools to establish traceability between needs, requirements, design decisions, verification evidence, and field learnings
• Support integration, verification, and validation planning for operator safety features across lab, machine, proving ground, and customer-site environments
• Collaborate with software, hardware, controls, test, product, and field teams to deliver cohesive safety system solutions
• Analyze hazards, operational scenarios, edge cases, and system interactions to drive clear technical decisions and risk-informed trade-offs
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues that span machine operation, sensing, software behavior, operator interaction, and environmental conditions
• Create and maintain systems engineering artifacts including requirements, architecture descriptions, interface definitions, verification plans, and technical decision records

• Systems Engineering
  
  Experience:
  
  Demonstrated experience developing and managing system requirements, interfaces, architecture, and verification strategies for complex electro-mechanical, embedded, autonomy, or machine systems. Experience translating operational needs and safety-related scenarios into clear system behaviors, technical requirements, and integration plans across multi-team development environments.

• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

• Product Development and Requirements Lifecycle: Knowledge of structured product development practices; ability to manage requirements, design inputs, verification activities, issue resolution, and change impacts throughout the lifecycle of operator safety system features.
• System Verification and Validation: Knowledge of verification and validation methods; ability to define testable requirements, develop verification plans, support lab and machine testing, evaluate results, and confirm system behavior meets stated needs in realistic operating conditions.
• Systems…