Autonomy Systems Engineer: Shape Cross‑Domain Solutions

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking an Autonomy Engineer to design, integrate, and implement scalable system capabilities across surface, underground, and construction domains.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver reliable solutions while applying enterprise systems engineering practices.

The role requires hands-on development, architecture trade-offs, and travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Systems Engineering Experience: leading system requirements development and management across complex, multi-team or multi-product environments.
• Industry Knowledge: experience within CI/RI industry groups and understanding of trends and constraints.
• Problem Solving: recognizing, anticipating, and resolving complex system or process problems with engineering judgment.
• Application Development Tools: hands-on experience with tools used to design and validate large-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to systems engineering activities across site, machine, and technology domains, supporting consistency and reuse across industries and products.
• Develop and maintain system-level requirements, interfaces, and documentation for common domains such as surface management, operator management, asset management, material management, safety, and assignment & optimization under guidance from senior engineers.
• Participate in system architecture design and validation activities, including analysis, modeling, and trade studies, applying engineering fundamentals and learning to balance technical and product constraints.
• Support the creation and maintenance of system engineering artifacts for site solutions (e.g., mining, quarry & aggregates, construction), ensuring alignment with established system patterns and architectures.
• Collaborate with industry-specific teams (surface hauling, underground, construction, quarry & aggregates) to implement solutions that align with common system interfaces and architectural guidance.
• Participate in technical reviews and design discussions, incorporating feedback to improve solution quality and system alignment.
• Lead and participate in technical reviews, architectural governance forums, and roadmap planning, applying senior judgment to protect long-term system integrity across industries.
• Continuously develop systems engineering skills through collaboration, feedback, and exposure to cross-domain solutions.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

Industry knowledge

Problem solving

Development tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or CS

Tools

Modeling tools

Architecture design tools

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking an Autonomy Engineer to design, integrate, and implement scalable system capabilities across surface, underground, and construction domains.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver reliable solutions while applying enterprise systems engineering practices.

The role requires hands-on development, architecture trade-offs, and travel up to 10%.