Autonomy Systems Integration Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 128,000 - 209,000; 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

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer to define and manage system requirements across complex safety and site technology programs. You will collaborate with software, hardware, machine controls, and sensors to deliver scalable, safe autonomy solutions.

You will lead integration, validation, and test readiness activities, design architectures for autonomy middleware, and communicate status and risks to stakeholders. Travel up to 50%; relocation support available.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience developing, decomposing, and managing system requirements, interfaces, integration strategies, and validation plans across complex, multi-team or multi-product environments.
• Knowledge of software product design and architecture; ability to convert market, customer, and system requirements into practical software and system designs.
• Experience with software development life cycle practices and delivering software products from concept through release.
• Knowledge of software product testing, verification, and validation; ability to design, plan, and execute test strategies.

Responsibilities

• Define, decompose, and manage system-level requirements, interfaces, and integration scope across complex safety and site technology programs.
• Lead or support system integration, validation, verification, test reviews, test witnessing, and release readiness activities for software, hardware, and robotic systems.
• Design and align system architectures for interfacing autonomy middleware, machine control hardware, sensors, safety systems, and other autonomy-related devices.
• Collaborate across software, hardware, machine, site, safety, and partner teams to ensure architecture intent remains aligned.
• Consult on integration issues between robotic software, existing infrastructure components, machine platforms, and customer-facing products.
• Communicate requirements, technical risk, system readiness, trade-offs, and delivery status to stakeholders and partner teams.
• Apply new technologies and engineering judgment to improve autonomy, robotics, and safety technology capabilities while balancing time, cost, quality, and risk.
• Document system architecture, design decisions, interface expectations, I/O requirements, validation strategy, and success criteria

Skills

Systems integration

Software product design

SDLC

Software testing

Technical excellence

Troubleshooting

Effective communications

Managing multiple priorities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer to define and manage system requirements across complex safety and site technology programs. You will collaborate with software, hardware, machine controls, and sensors to deliver scalable, safe autonomy solutions.

You will lead integration, validation, and test readiness activities, design architectures for autonomy middleware, and communicate status and risks to stakeholders. Travel up to 50%; relocation support available.