Senior Robotic Control Software Engineer - Mine Automation

Caterpillar Brazil; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Robotic Control Software Engineer to help deliver high-quality MineStar Underground systems for autonomous machine operations, production recording, and monitoring in underground mining environments.

You will work with onboard and offboard software, mentor team members, contribute to design reviews, and advance automated testing toward full area isolation management testing. Travel up to 20% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and PhD in an accredited Engineering field.
• 4+ years of mining controls software development.
• Strong analytical skills with robotics and control theory knowledge.
• Experience with C++, Python and multi-threaded embedded software.
• Experience in simulations, modeling and performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Be part of Underground Technology Controls Software Team and align with schedule, process, and quality goals.
• Follow Scrum and SAFe Agile methodologies for SDLC to deliver commitments.
• Research and develop robotic control software for remote-controlled machines.
• Troubleshoot complex software to fix root causes and defects.
• Contribute to design reviews and advance automated testing toward full automation.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics control

Embedded systems

Debugging

SDLC Scrum SAFe

Education

Bachelor’s degree & PhD in Engineering

Tools

Linux OS

Database

Microservices

Middleware

Interfaces

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Robotic Control Software Engineer to help deliver high-quality MineStar Underground systems for autonomous machine operations, production recording, and monitoring in underground mining environments.

You will work with onboard and offboard software, mentor team members, contribute to design reviews, and advance automated testing toward full area isolation management testing. Travel up to 20% is required.