Senior Autonomy Systems Engineer

About the role

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Responsibilities

• Define, decompose, and manage system-level requirements and interfaces
• Lead or support system integration and validation activities
• Ensure alignment between architecture intent, implementation, and verification
• Collaborate across software, hardware, machine, and site teams
• Communicate system readiness, technical risk, and trade-offs to stakeholders
• Document system architecture, design decisions, and success criteria
• Apply engineering judgment to balance time, cost, quality, and risk

Requirements

• Systems Engineering Experience: Demonstrated experience leading system requirements development and management across complex, multi-team or multi-product environments. Proven experience defining system architecture, interfaces, and integration strategies that scale across platforms and industries. Experience making architectural trade-offs and influencing technical direction beyond a single team or product.
• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace.
• Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.
• Application Development Tools: Knowledge of application and system development; ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for developing applications.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field – or commensurate industry experience.

Skills

• Proven experience as a Systems Engineer on software and/or hardware product development programs; onboard or embedded systems preferred
• Experience developing system requirements and supporting integration and testing efforts; collaboration with other engineering teams
• Proven experience in mentoring or influencing other systems engineers
• Experience with field testing, HIL and providing ground support
• Experience supporting L6/L8 requirements decomposition
• Domain experience with Loaders, Haul Trucks, Dozers and Shovels preferred
• Experience with Site Autonomy Platforms preferred
• Experience with Construction and Mining industry preferred
• Experience supporting embedded / onboard development for robotics or autonomy products preferred

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)
• 401(k) savings plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Health Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Career Development
• Incentive bonus
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement

Pay

Pay Range: $112,710.00 - $183,140.00

Schedule

This position requires working onsite five days a week.