Spatial Intelligence Architect
Caterpillar24 hours ago
Irving, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$159k - $259k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop detailed architecture deliverables to solve business problems.
- Design application technical infrastructure, including databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches.
- Define spatial-reasoning architecture for terrain, reach, machine footprint, task and motion planning, implement planning, VLA, and behavior generation.
- Lead evaluation and deployment of technologies that enhance digital technical capabilities.
- Define architectural roadmaps, standards, interfaces, and technology decision patterns across engineering organizations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into digital solutions.
Requirements
- Progressive career in software engineering and architecture focused on autonomy, motion planning, or robotics at a senior or principal level.
- Strong experience architecting spatial reasoning and real-time motion planning for physical machines or autonomous vehicles.
- Experience planning coordinated motion for an actuated implement or manipulator, such as an excavator bucket, dozer blade, boom, or robot arm, is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with spatially grounded VLA, embodied AI, behavior generation, and decision-making.
- Deep understanding of how planning, controls, and behavior integrate to deliver safe autonomous action.
- Ability to define architectural patterns, evaluate tradeoffs, establish standards, influence senior leaders, and guide teams through complex design decisions.
- Strong understanding of Agile SDLC implementation in public cloud environments, including environment management, test automation, peer review, CI/CD, and resource optimization.
- Strong analytical thinking, application and platform architecture, requirements analysis, target architecture, communication, mentoring, coaching, and persuasion skills.
Benefits
- Full-time work at the Irving, Texas office; remote work is not indicated.
- Domestic relocation assistance is available.
- Medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), HSA, FSA, health lifestyle programs, employee assistance, voluntary benefits and discounts, career development, incentive bonus, disability benefits, life insurance, parental leave, adoption benefits, and tuition reimbursement are listed subject to eligibility.
- Employment is contingent on successful completion of a drug screen.
Categories
Robotics
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. designs, manufactures, and services construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives for infrastructure, resource, and energy customers. The public company, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, sells primarily through an independent worldwide dealer network and provides equipment financing. It operates through Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation segments, with shares traded on the NYSE and Euronext Paris.