Construction Site Intelligence Architect

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 148,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Career development

Incentive bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation seeks a leader to own the architecture strategy for construction site scanning and site intelligence. You will evaluate technologies such as robotic site scanning, lidar mapping, drone-based scanning, and BIM-to-field workflows to generate 3D data, inspect site conditions, and support autonomous systems.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across perception, simulation, and operations, with a focus on delivering scalable data products and

Qualifications

• Strong experience with construction site scanning, 3D mapping, lidar scanning, photogrammetry, 360-degree imaging, robotic inspection, drone-based scanning, or related spatial data capture technologies.
• Experience working in construction, infrastructure, or other complex field environments, with an understanding of how site data supports operational decisions.
• Strong ability to evaluate emerging technologies and separate practical product value from vendor demonstrations, prototypes, or research concepts.
• Solid understanding of 3D environments, localization, mapping accuracy, data quality, and how site data can be structured for downstream consuming services.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with perception, simulation, robotics, operations, field teams, and external technology partners.

Responsibilities

• Define the architecture strategy for construction site scanning and site intelligence, including 3D site capture, jobsite inspection, machine inspection, progress tracking, site condition monitoring, and reporting.
• Evaluate internal and external site scan technologies, including robotic site scanning, lidar mapping, 360-degree imaging, photogrammetry, drone-based scanning, fixed sensors, BIM-to-field comparison, and AI-based site understanding tools.
• Define site scan data requirements, including 3D point clouds, images, semantic site features, machine location, work progress, site changes, inspection results, and metadata.
• Define how site scan data will be consumed by autonomy, simulation, operations, validation, and customer workflows.
• Assess current capability gaps and recommend build, buy, or partner strategies for site scanning and site intelligence solutions.

Skills

3D mapping

Lidar scanning

Photogrammetry

360-degree imaging

Drone-based scanning

Robotic inspection

Spatial data capture

Job description

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation seeks a leader to own the architecture strategy for construction site scanning and site intelligence. You will evaluate technologies such as robotic site scanning, lidar mapping, drone-based scanning, and BIM-to-field workflows to generate 3D data, inspect site conditions, and support autonomous systems.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across perception, simulation, and operations, with a focus on delivering scalable data products and