Principal Software Engineer; Nvidia Platform

Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data

Principal Software Engineer – Physical AI / Digital Twin Integration at Caterpillar Inc. Design and lead the architecture and integration strategy for simulation platforms, digital twin systems, and cloud‑native services to support safe, productive, and sustainable jobsites.

• Define and drive end‑to‑end architecture and integration strategy for simulation platforms, digital twin systems, and backend microservices APIs.
• Lead design and delivery of scalable cloud‑native services, integration adapters, and data/asset exchange systems.
• Establish and enforce design patterns, service contracts, and integration standards (REST, gRPC, event‑driven) across distributed systems.
• Provide technical leadership on complex system design and platform scalability challenges.
• Review architecture, designs, code, APIs, and data contracts to ensure reliability, performance, security, observability, and maintainability.
• Drive engineering excellence across architecture, testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness.
• Lead adoption of AI‑assisted and agentic development workflows, defining standards for prompt quality, validation, and code generation practices.
• Mentor engineers and elevate team capability in system design, backend engineering, and integration best practices.
• Guide platform and full‑stack trade‐offs, with a primary focus on backend microservices and integration layers.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional and external teams to define APIs, integration patterns, and data exchange models.

• Strong experience designing cloud‑native microservices and distributed systems with APIs (REST, gRPC, event‑driven).
• Experience in simulation, NVIDIA ecosystem, robotics, digital twin, or industrial automation platforms.
• Expertise in defining scalable integration architectures, service contracts, and observability patterns.
• Strong backend development using Python (preferred) or Java for production‑grade APIs and platforms.
• Experience with AI‑assisted/agentic development workflows and validating AI‑generated code.
• Understanding of responsible AI practices and secure software development.

• Experience building production AI agents using Python.
• Experience with agent orchestration frameworks such as Lang Chain or Lang Graph.
• Experience integrating LLMs with external tools, APIs, databases, and retrieval systems.
• Experience designing evals, guardrails, and monitoring for agent reliability.
• Multi‑agent workflow design and memory/context management.
• Prompt optimization, latency reduction, and cost control.
• MLOps or model deployment experience.

Location:

Irving, TX (Dallas). The position requires working onsite five days a week. Domestic relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are available.

$ – $ (salary may vary based on factors such as market location, level, skill, and experience).

• 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.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.