Digital Twin & Simulation Architect (Autonomy)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Digital Twin & Simulation Principal to lead the strategy, design, and implementation of high‑fidelity digital twins for machines, jobsites, and workflows supporting automation and robotics.

You will define the long-term simulation vision, partner across leadership to set multi-year plans, and drive platform development enabling scalable digital ecosystems. This role requires extensive experience in robotics, simulation, and Omniverse-based twins.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in system-level simulation and digital twin technologies accompanied with a background in robotics.
• Knowledge of information architecture for simulation data, and perception engineering.
• Deep expertise in NVIDIA Omniverse for building digital twins supporting robotics.
• Experience with integration of modeling ecosystems withCARLA, Dynasty, Simulink/Modelica, AMESim, ANSYS, Adams, GT‑Suite, Unity/Unreal.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term vision for the simulation environment with senior management.
• Establish multi-year plans for simulation and digital systems.
• Create scalable platform development and detailed system-level architecture deliverables.
• Determine technologies, platforms, and integration patterns for simulation capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineering, autonomy, controls, software, product, and data teams to ensure alignment with business outcomes.
• Assess and consolidate existing simulation assets into a cohesive digital ecosystem.
• Oversee model validation and governance to ensure accuracy with real-world data.

Skills

System-level simulation

Robotics

Digital twin

Communication to executives

Architectures for simulation

Strategic planning

Education

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

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

NVIDIA Omniverse

CARLA

Dynasty

Simulink/Modelica

AMESim

ANSYS

Adams

GT‑Suite

Unity/Unreal

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Digital Twin & Simulation Principal to lead the strategy, design, and implementation of high‑fidelity digital twins for machines, jobsites, and workflows supporting automation and robotics.

You will define the long-term simulation vision, partner across leadership to set multi-year plans, and drive platform development enabling scalable digital ecosystems. This role requires extensive experience in robotics, simulation, and Omniverse-based twins.