Principal Software Engineer - Digital Twin and Simulation Platform
Caterpillar3 days ago
Base Salary
$148k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define the end-to-end digital twin and simulation reference architecture.
- Build reusable software for machines, terrain, sites, sensors, behaviors, scenarios, and visualization.
- Lead OpenUSD asset and scene pipelines, including layers, references, payloads, variants, schemas, materials, and metadata.
- Develop NVIDIA Omniverse Kit extensions and integrate CAD, GIS, terrain, machine, sensor, and operational data.
- Establish APIs and data contracts across simulation, robotics, AI, controls, and enterprise platforms.
- Lead rendering, scene management, mapping, and physically based visualization capabilities.
- Define standards for fidelity, determinism, performance, interoperability, model versioning, and reuse.
- Enable containerized simulation workloads across local, on-premises, and CoreWeave GPU environments.
- Own a major technical capability across multiple teams and programs while translating complex problems into scalable architectures and production software.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical investigations, design decisions, and engineering standards.
- Mentor senior and developing engineers and support technical hiring and onboarding.
- Partner with simulation, robotics, autonomy, controls, AI, data, cloud, product, and customer-facing organizations.
Requirements
- Advanced software engineering experience using Python and one or more of C++, C#, Java, Go, or Node.js.
- Experience with APIs, distributed systems, containers, automated testing, source control, and observability.
- Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-native architectures, including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Demonstrated ability to lead architecture and technical delivery across multiple teams.
- Strong communication, mentoring, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or Cursor.
- Expertise with NVIDIA Omniverse, Omniverse Kit SDK, OpenUSD, RTX rendering, and SimReady asset concepts.
- Experience with NVIDIA Isaac Sim and robotics simulation integration in digital twin environments.
- Experience with NVIDIA Newton or comparable GPU-accelerated physics engines for terrain, contact, rigid-body, and machine interaction modeling.
- Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, or equivalent real-time 3D platforms.
- Experience with GIS and mapping technologies such as Cesium, Mapbox, OpenLayers, terrain meshes, and coordinate reference systems.
- Strong API and backend architecture experience, including GraphQL, event-driven interfaces, SQL, NoSQL, and object storage.
- Experience with modern web technologies including TypeScript, React, Next.js, Angular, HTML, and CSS.
- Experience deploying GPU simulation and rendering workloads using CoreWeave, Kubernetes, Docker, and NVIDIA Container Toolkit.
- Preferred candidates have seven or more years of hands-on backend software development and five or more years of frontend or visualization development.
- Preferred experience includes simulation architecture across multiple products or engineering teams, integration with machine or robotics data, and automated map-to-OpenUSD or site-to-simulation pipelines.
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 and Employee Assistance Program.
- Voluntary benefits and employee discounts.
- Career development opportunities and tuition reimbursement.
- Incentive bonus, disability benefits, and life insurance.
- Parental leave and adoption benefits.
- The position is based in Irving, TX, and domestic relocation assistance is available.
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Tech Stack
AngularC#C++CSSDockerGoGraphQLHTMLJavaKubernetesNext.jsNode.jsPythonReactSQLTypeScriptUnityUnreal Engine
Categories
BackendRobotics
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.