AI COE Lead — GenAI Solutions & Innovation (Onsite)

Caterpillar; Peoria (IL); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an AI COE Manager in East Peoria, IL, to lead the AI Center of Excellence, driving GenAI and advanced AI capabilities across the enterprise.

You will supervise software engineers, shape AI product roadmaps, and ensure robust, scalable deployments across cloud and edge environments. You will partner with cross-functional teams to implement best practices, improve time-to-market, and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions that empower internal stakeholders and customers

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering leadership experience with AI teams in agile environments.
• Proven track record delivering GenAI solutions at enterprise scale.
• Strong knowledge of cloud/edge architectures and APIs for production systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to align AI team with company goals and deliver advanced AI projects.
• Manage resources to ensure projects meet schedule and quality standards.
• Oversee performance and training needs of team members to foster learning.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices for consistent development processes.
• Ensure the quality, robustness, and reliability of AI solutions.

Skills

AI leadership

GenAI

Project management

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Canary deployments

Edge computing

Multi-cloud

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Snowflake

LangChain

LangGraph

Cortex

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an AI COE Manager in East Peoria, IL, to lead the AI Center of Excellence, driving GenAI and advanced AI capabilities across the enterprise.

You will supervise software engineers, shape AI product roadmaps, and ensure robust, scalable deployments across cloud and edge environments. You will partner with cross-functional teams to implement best practices, improve time-to-market, and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions that empower internal stakeholders and customers