Edge Platform Architect for NVIDIA Thor

Caterpillar; Irving, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career development

Incentive bonus

Parental leave

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an edge-system architect to define and optimize the hardware and interfaces for our NVIDIA Thor-based autonomous platform.

You will own the hardware architecture, IO, and packaging decisions to enable safe, scalable perception and control on next-gen machines. You will collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to close gaps, define upgrade paths, and ensure robust performance across CPU/GPU, memory, storage, and connectivity in a field environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with edge hardware platforms, embedded systems, or vehicle compute platforms.
• Experience with NVIDIA Jetson/Thor hardware and ecosystem is a strong plus.
• Deep understanding of CPU, GPU, memory, storage, input/output interfaces, network bandwidth, power, thermal, packaging, and hardware expansion tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Define edge system hardware architecture for the NVIDIA Thor-based platform, including compute module, host or breakout input/output boards, hardware resources, interface capacity, and machine integration requirements.
• Own the architecture definition for edge platform interfaces, including Ethernet, GMSL, CAN, USB, UART, PCIe, I2C, storage, power, synchronization, and other machine or sensor connectivity needs.
• Assess system capabilities and constraints across CPU, GPU, memory, storage, network bandwidth, sensor bandwidth, input/output capacity, power, thermal limits, physical packaging, and expansion options.
• Collaborate with internal functional teams and supplier teams to identify hardware gaps, input/output limitations, bandwidth constraints, integration risks, and recommend expansion, upgrade, or platform improvement strategies.

Skills

Edge hardware platforms

Embedded systems

Vehicle compute platforms

NVIDIA Jetson/Thor

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an edge-system architect to define and optimize the hardware and interfaces for our NVIDIA Thor-based autonomous platform.

You will own the hardware architecture, IO, and packaging decisions to enable safe, scalable perception and control on next-gen machines. You will collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to close gaps, define upgrade paths, and ensure robust performance across CPU/GPU, memory, storage, and connectivity in a field environment.