Senior Autonomy Systems Engineering Specialist

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Technology, Digital and Data

As a Senior Autonomy Systems Engineering Specialist on the Surface Loading Autonomy team, you will be an integral part of the Caterpillar team developing the next generation of autonomous machines for the construction industry.

In this role you will provide technical and project leadership for integrating autonomy solutions with the base machine, including system-level integration, requirements definition, architectural alignment, hardware coordination, and test coordination, balancing short‑term delivery needs with long‑term architectural quality and product integrity.

The successful candidate will operate with a high degree of independence and will serve as a technical authority within their area of expertise, influencing architecture, design decisions, and engineering practices while mentoring and supporting teams across the organization.

Additionally, this role includes leadership of hands‑on engineering in both lab environment and on machine at our proving grounds for development, validation and demonstration of autonomous solutions.

• Apply new autonomous system solutions and technologies to machines working in the Construction Industry, including Excavators, Wheel Loaders and Articulated Trucks.
• Lead and contribute to the design, architecture, implementation, testing, and release of autonomy or robotics systems
• Lead or strongly influence requirements generation and system architectural trade‑off decisions
• Provide technical leadership across functional testing, verification, validation, and certification activities
• Integrate new technologies to improve the capability and robustness of autonomy solutions
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues across development and production environments
• Facilitate and participate in design reviews and technical discussions
• Communicate complex technical concepts, risks, readiness, and trade-offs clearly to engineers, stakeholders, and leadership
• Manage projects balancing time, cost, quality, and risk
• Mentor engineers and raise overall technical quality through guidance and example

• Acquires expertise through training and practical experience in the relevant field.
• Analyzes the needs, desires, and motivations of the other party to effectively understand a given scenario.
• Identifies who the decision makers are and how they receive information.
• Provides evidentiary support while giving opinions or recommendations to influence decision‑making.
• Conducts tasks in such a way as to build a strong reputation and credibility as an expert in the field.

• Strong knowledge of the concepts, technologies and methods of artificial intelligence (AI)
• Assists in business requirements analysis in the AI solution design or deployment process.
• Deploys, develops or operates specific AI products, equipment, systems and/or platforms to achieve certain business goals.
• Tests and troubleshoots the functionality of AI applications and systems within a specific area.

• Strong professional experience with the architecture and design of major or multiple products.
• Strong ability to describe major architecture alternatives, tradeoffs and considerations.
• Displays…