Principal Robotics Engineer
Caterpillar1 day ago
Irving, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$148k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Participate in robotics software test review, analysis, witnessing, and certification processes.
- Design, build, and ship autonomy components across perception, planning, control, and learning.
- Take robotics work from prototype through production deployment on real hardware.
- Contribute broadly across the autonomy stack while providing depth in a specialty.
- Own components end-to-end within small, outcome-owning delivery pods.
Requirements
- Typically 10+ years of related engineering experience.
- Strong robotics generalist capability across the autonomy stack, with deep expertise in AI, motion planning, perception, controls, or SLAM.
- Production-quality proficiency in C++ and Python.
- Experience using ROS or similar frameworks in real robotics systems.
- Full-lifecycle product experience taking robotics products from idea to production.
- Experience with field robotics or autonomous vehicles, on-road or off-road.
- Experience with learning-based control or perception, foundation or VLA-style models, simulation, and on-vehicle deployment.
- MLOps or training-infrastructure depth is preferred for ML-focused candidates.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits, subject to eligibility.
- 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, tuition reimbursement, incentive bonus, disability benefits, and life insurance.
- Parental leave and adoption benefits.
- Full-time onsite work five days per week in Irving, TX.
- Domestic relocation assistance is available.
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.