Lead Data Architect: AI-Ready Data & Annotations

Caterpillar; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Caterpillar is hiring a Principal Data Architect for Physical AI Ready Data & Annotations to transform enterprise data into reusable, governed data products that accelerate simulation, training, and AI. You will define operating models, architecture standards, and ownership frameworks across data engineering and AI teams.

In this role, you’ll shape data contracts, enable scalable AI workloads, and drive standards for metadata, quality, and lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Data Architecture & Domain Modeling to define enterprise data domains and data contracts.
• AI & ML data foundations for model training data and pipelines.
• Data platforms and data products architectures for massive data and events.
• Physical AI & industrial data ecosystems including telemetry and edge-to-cloud data.
• Strategic architecture leadership to drive roadmaps and governance.
• Extensive software engineering background with data focus (12+ years).
• Strong understanding of Agile SDLC in public cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop architecture deliverables to solve business problems.
• Design infrastructure and select databases, languages, utilities, and testing approaches.
• Define enterprise framework for Physical AI ready data products.
• Set standards for data product design, metadata, quality, lineage, security, and lifecycle.
• Create reusable data objects and domain-oriented products for AI workloads.
• Define data contracts and interfaces for reliable access across the org.
• Incorporate labeling, annotation, curation, evaluation, and feedback into data products.
• Drive cross-domain consistency while enabling decentralized ownership.

Skills

Data architecture

Domain modeling

AI data foundations

Data platforms

Industrial data ecosystems

Strategic architecture leadership

Software engineering

Agile SDLC

Communication skills

Job description

Caterpillar is hiring a Principal Data Architect for Physical AI Ready Data & Annotations to transform enterprise data into reusable, governed data products that accelerate simulation, training, and AI. You will define operating models, architecture standards, and ownership frameworks across data engineering and AI teams.

In this role, you’ll shape data contracts, enable scalable AI workloads, and drive standards for metadata, quality, and lifecycle.