Automation & Autonomy Site Technology Consultant

Career Area:
Product Support

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.

The Automation & Autonomy Site Technology Consultant helps advance construction remote control and autonomy solutions by validating customer needs, prioritizing value-driven requirements, and supporting adoption that delivers measurable customer and business outcomes.

• Capture, define, and prioritize unmet customer needs for remote control, task autonomy, and site autonomy based on customer value, business impact, and expected site outcomes.
• Support product development as the commercial owner by building and validating business cases, defining requirements, shaping business models and ensuring site technology solutions deliver intended customer outcomes.
• Lead customer validation and field learning through early learner and field-follow engagements, customer visits, and real-world performance feedback.
• Partner with commercial, Go-To-Market and development teams to align priorities, manage the construction remote control and autonomy roadmap, and support adoption and utilization growth.

• Customer Focus:
  Understands customer needs and translates insights into solutions that improve value, satisfaction, and outcomes.
• Problem Solving:
  Identifies issues, evaluates options, and supports practical, data-informed resolutions.
• Relationship Management:
  Builds productive relationships with customers, vendors, peers, and internal partners.
• Technical Excellence:
  Applies technical knowledge to solve challenges and support effective technology solutions.
• Industry Knowledge:
  Understands construction industry trends, products, regulations, and customer needs.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
  Analyzes information, evaluates alternatives, and makes sound decisions using informed judgment.

• Bachelor’s degree and advanced degree highly preferred.
• Extensive experience working directly with customers, dealers, or cross-functional commercial partners to understand needs and define solutions.
• Familiarity with product development processes, including translating customer requirements into functional requirements and solution outcomes.
• Ability to represent the customer perspective throughout the development process to ensure solutions deliver intended value and site outcomes.
• Proven ability to influence engineering and development teams using customer-back insights and business priorities.
• Experience deploying technology solutions in construction, industrial and waste, quarry, mining or related industry segments.

Preferred location:
Peoria, IL Additional locations:
Dallas, TX Relocation assistance is available Onsite requirement: 5 days per week Travel:
Up to 30% domestic Sponsorship is not offered

$ - $

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines.

• 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

This position requires working onsite five days a week. Relocation is available for this position. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

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.

Posting Dates:
July 30, 2026 - August 5, 2026

There's more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs.

We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.