Principal Edge Architect - Software and Runtime
Caterpillar2 months ago
Base Salary
$148k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define edge compute and runtime architecture for autonomy services on the NVIDIA Jetson IGX/AGX Thor platform.
- Specify operating system configuration, middleware, service startup and lifecycle, runtime dependencies, and system integration.
- Use the NVIDIA Jetson ecosystem to support GPU-accelerated inference, sensor data processing, model deployment, and runtime optimization.
- Define CPU, GPU, memory, storage, and network resource allocation across autonomy-related services.
- Design runtime monitoring and health management, including process monitoring, resource checks, driver health, logging, fault detection, restart behavior, degraded operation, and field diagnostics.
- Coordinate across perception, robotics, machine platform, safety, cybersecurity, operations, and supplier teams.
Requirements
- Strong experience with edge AI runtime platforms, embedded Linux systems, or robotics compute platforms.
- Experience with the NVIDIA Jetson IGX/AGX Thor ecosystem, Jetson Linux, CUDA, TensorRT, and Isaac is a strong plus.
- Solid understanding of CPU, GPU, memory, storage, network, and compute resource management for real-time autonomy workloads.
- Experience with middleware, drivers, service orchestration, process monitoring, logging, diagnostics, software updates, and runtime health management on embedded or edge platforms.
- Ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering, safety, cybersecurity, operations, and supplier teams.
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, incentive bonus, disability benefits, life insurance, parental leave, adoption benefits, and tuition reimbursement.
- Full-time onsite work five days per week in Irving, Texas.
- Up to 25% domestic travel is required.
- Domestic relocation assistance is available.
- Visa sponsorship is available for eligible applicants.
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.