Lead Data Architect: Physical AI Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

PTO

401(k) plan

HSA

FSAs

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Program

Discounts and perks

Career development

Incentive bonus

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking a Principal Data Architect for the Physical AI Data Platform in Irving, TX. You will define enterprise-wide architecture for streaming, batch, and AI workloads, shaping data ingestion, governance, and lifecycle management across platforms.

You will partner with engineering, cloud, and business teams to align capabilities with enterprise AI objectives, building scalable data foundations that enable AI innovation at scale.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of data architecture patterns and canonical data models to support AI and autonomy ecosystems.
• Ability to analyze organizational problems and propose data-driven solutions.
• Experience designing processing mechanisms and roadmaps for enterprise systems.
• Skill in eliciting and documenting required business functionality and non-functional requirements.
• Ability to align IT blueprints with business strategy and objectives.
• Understanding data foundations for AI model development and lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop architectural deliverables to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Design the technical infrastructure for applications, including databases and tooling.
• Define data ingestion, transformation, storage, and lifecycle patterns for AI workloads.
• Establish platform guardrails for observability, performance, resilience, and security.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and define platform strategies to support AI needs.

Skills

Data Architecture

Analytical Thinking

Platform Architecture

Requirements Analysis

Target Architecture

AI Data Foundations

Data Platforms

Data Domains

Leadership

Job description

Caterpillar is seeking a Principal Data Architect for the Physical AI Data Platform in Irving, TX. You will define enterprise-wide architecture for streaming, batch, and AI workloads, shaping data ingestion, governance, and lifecycle management across platforms.

You will partner with engineering, cloud, and business teams to align capabilities with enterprise AI objectives, building scalable data foundations that enable AI innovation at scale.