Senior Robotics Engineer
Caterpillar3 days ago
Base Salary
$113k - $183k/yr
Responsibilities
- Participate in test review and analysis, test witnessing, and certification of robotics software.
- Design, build, and ship autonomy components across perception, planning, control, and learning.
- Take robotics work from prototype through production on real hardware.
- Contribute broadly across the autonomy stack while providing depth in a specialty area.
- Own software components end-to-end and collaborate in small, outcome-owning delivery pods.
Requirements
- Extensive professional engineering experience with an emphasis on robotics.
- Robotics generalist experience across the autonomy stack, with expertise in AI, motion planning, perception, controls, or SLAM.
- Production-quality programming experience in C++ and Python.
- Experience using ROS or a similar framework in real robotics systems.
- Full-lifecycle product experience taking robotics products from idea to production.
- Experience with field robotics or autonomous vehicles, simulation, and on-vehicle deployment.
- Experience with learning-based control or perception, foundation or VLA-style models, or MLOps and training infrastructure, depending on profile.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field.
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 in the Irving, TX office five days per week.
- 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.