Autonomy Robotics Engineer - Perception, Planning, Controls

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 98,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Paid time off

HSA

Flexible Spending Accounts

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a robotics engineer to join our autonomy stack development. You will own components end-to-end from idea to production on hardware.

You will work across perception, planning, and control with learning-based methods, contributing to a fast-paced, real-world delivery team on-site.

Strong C++/Python, ROS experience, and 3+ years in robotics are preferred; visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Qualifications

• Typically, 3+ years of related engineering experience.
• Expertise across the autonomy stack and ability to own components end-to-end.
• Production-quality C++ and Python development in robotics environments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in test reviews, witnessing and certification of robotics software.
• Design, build, and ship autonomy components across perception, planning, control, and learning.
• Take work from prototype to production on real hardware.
• Provide depth in your specialty while contributing across the stack.
• Work in small, outcome-focused pods from our capability benches.

Skills

Robotics generalist

AI

Motion planning

Perception

Controls

SLAM

C++

Python

ROS

Full lifecycle product

On-site hardware

Tools

ROS (or similar)

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a robotics engineer to join our autonomy stack development. You will own components end-to-end from idea to production on hardware.

You will work across perception, planning, and control with learning-based methods, contributing to a fast-paced, real-world delivery team on-site.

Strong C++/Python, ROS experience, and 3+ years in robotics are preferred; visa sponsorship is not available for this position.