Principal Digital Architect - Robotics Platform
Caterpillar23 hours ago
Base Salary
$159k - $259k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop detailed software architecture deliverables to solve business problems.
- Define the end-to-end architecture for robotics middleware, runtimes, inter-process communication, platform services, and compute systems.
- Establish APIs, reference designs, standards, and architectural roadmaps for autonomy, machine learning, controls, simulation, and data teams.
- Design application infrastructure, including databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches.
- Evaluate and deploy technologies that enhance digital technical capabilities.
- Guide cross-functional teams through complex autonomous-system software integration and technology decisions.
- Provide technical direction and influence architecture standards across multiple engineering organizations without direct authority.
Requirements
- Progressive experience in software engineering and architecture focused on robotics or platform software at a senior or principal level.
- Strong experience architecting robotics platforms and middleware, including runtimes, inter-process communication, platform services, ROS 2, or DDS.
- Experience defining onboard, edge, and cloud compute architectures, real-time execution, resource management, GPU or accelerated compute, and containerized deployment for robotic or autonomous systems.
- Deep understanding of software-layer integration among perception, planning, controls, and machine platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to define APIs, reference designs, standards, technology roadmaps, and governance practices that enable multiple engineering teams.
- Experience with public-cloud software delivery, environment management, test automation, peer review, CI/CD, and resource optimization.
- Strong analytical, requirements-analysis, communication, mentoring, coaching, persuasion, and strategic architecture leadership skills.
- Ability to work full-time onsite five days per week in Irving, Texas; visa sponsorship is unavailable.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and volunteer time.
- 401(k) savings plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Health lifestyle programs, Employee Assistance Program, voluntary benefits, and employee discounts.
- Career development and tuition reimbursement.
- Disability benefits, life insurance, parental leave, and adoption benefits.
- Incentive bonus eligibility.
- Domestic relocation assistance is available.
- The position is full-time and requires onsite work five days per week in Irving, Texas.
Categories
Robotics
About Caterpillar
For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. With 2024 sales and revenues of $64.8 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Caterpillar does business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation – and provides financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.