Autonomy Safety Systems Engineer (Robotics)

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 128,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking an Operator Safety Systems Senior Developer to design and deliver production-grade C++ software for operator safety in heavy equipment.

You will lead architecture discussions, mentor teammates, and collaborate with systems, validation, product, and field teams to translate safety needs into concrete software requirements and reliable implementations. This onsite role offers comprehensive benefits and career growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field – or commensurate industry experience.
• Advanced C++ development for production software in embedded/edge or safety-oriented systems.
• Strong engineering practices with real-time, reliability, and field-support constraints.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and release production-quality C++ software for operator safety systems on heavy equipment.
• Develop and integrate software components that support operator awareness, personnel detection, collision mitigation, and safety-oriented machine responses.
• Build and maintain camera, sensor, and perception data pipelines for real-time or near-real-time safety applications.
• Lead software architecture and design trade-off discussions with a focus on reliability, maintainability, latency, diagnosability, and field supportability.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, validation, product, and field teams to translate safety-system needs into clear software requirements and implementation plans.
• Troubleshoot complex software and system issues using logs, traces, telemetry, sensor data, profiling tools, and field observations.
• Facilitate design reviews, code reviews, debugging sessions, and technical discussions across cross-functional engineering teams.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to developers, systems engineers, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Mentor engineers and improve team execution through strong development practices, technical guidance, and example.

Skills

C++ development

Operator safety

Robotics software

Embedded Linux

Real-time systems

Software architecture

Troubleshooting

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

GStreamer

Camera/Sensor pipelines

Embedded Linux

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking an Operator Safety Systems Senior Developer to design and deliver production-grade C++ software for operator safety in heavy equipment.

You will lead architecture discussions, mentor teammates, and collaborate with systems, validation, product, and field teams to translate safety needs into concrete software requirements and reliable implementations. This onsite role offers comprehensive benefits and career growth.