Autonomy Engineering Development Specialist

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This role will support machine integration of Caterpillar's AI assistant. This individual will help construct the team to launch and support this new technology. We are a small team with the opportunity to make a big impact. As Caterpillar is an established company with thousands of products in mining and construction all around the world, the customer pull for autonomy is clear.

We are looking for an engineering specialist to join our team of experts in developing cutting‑edge autonomous and operator‑assisted driving systems. As an engineer on the team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and testing algorithms. You will also collaborate with other engineers and researchers to integrate your solutions into our software stack and hardware platform.

• Solve challenging problems for mobile off‑road machines.
• Participate in design and development of high‑quality software and algorithms to solve our customer needs.
• Document architecture specifications, software design, verification plans, test cases, operating procedures, and safety procedures.
• Work with application teams to collect and analyze data on customer experience with robotic and manned platforms.
• Use appropriate tools to debug, test and maintain software and assist in the verification and validation process.

• Working knowledge of mobile robotics for autonomy or advanced operator assist systems, including computer vision, machine learning and deep learning techniques, and familiarity with lidar, radar and cameras as sensors.
• Design, write, test and review autonomy and advanced operator assist software.
• Experience in Embodied AI.
• Proven ability to work independently and within a team.

Have extensive experience of the Agile software development life cycle, the C++ and Python programming languages, Azure Dev Ops or Jira for project management and work item tracking, standard software development tools (CMake, Git, Sonar Qube, Docker, Google Test, Artifactory) used in development of mobile robot software systems.

Have working knowledge of cloud compute and storage tools, AWS EC2, S3, and Batch.

Have experience with ROS or Caterpillar’s Autonomous Infrastructure Software (AIS), OpenCV, Tensorflow/PyTorch, and code development tools.

Extensive experience participating in efforts to develop, integrate, or test complex autonomy systems that meet prioritized requirements and time frame constraints for autonomous machine programs focusing on machine safety and productivity.

Ability to solve complex issues spanning multiple subsystems.

• Have extensive experience in autonomy for mobile robotics.
• Experience solving challenging problems in autonomy and operator assist systems.
• A passion for innovation and problem‑solving.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Requires a degree or multiple degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or related field.

• Proven experience supporting Product Development for on‑road/off‑road software engineering projects.
• Experience supporting platform level development projects and interfacing with internal development groups.
• Experience with Core Robotics Planning level development projects.
• Experience with NVIDIA hardware preferred.

• This position requires the candidate to work full‑time at the Mossville, IL office or Irving, TX office.
• Relocation assistance is available for this position.
• Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.
• This position will require up to 10% travel.
• This position requires working onsite five days a week.

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• 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*
• Incentive bonus*
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

These benefits also apply to part‑time employees.

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.