On-Site Robotics Engineer — Autonomy & AI

Caterpillar Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 98,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

HSA

FSA

Career development

Bonus

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a robotics generalist to own end-to-end autonomy components—from perception to motion and control—on real hardware at our Irving, TX site. You will contribute across the stack and bring prototypes into production for on-site machines.

The role emphasizes production-quality software, AI/motion planning depth, and practical field deployment with a strong cross-functional team. This full-time position requires relocation assistance and offers a comprehensive benefits

Qualifications

• Typically, 3+ years of related engineering experience.
• Strong robotics generalist — comfortable across the autonomy stack.
• Expertise in at least one: AI, motion planning, perception, controls or SLAM.
• C++ and Python, production-quality.
• ROS (or similar) in real robotics systems.
• Full-lifecycle product experience — from idea to production.
• Pragmatic, first-principles engineer who owns components end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Participating in the processes of test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of robotics software.
• Design, build, and ship autonomy components across perception, planning, control, and learning.
• Take work from prototype to production on real hardware.
• Bring depth in your specialty while contributing broadly across the stack.
• Work in small, outcome-owning pods staffed from our capability benches.

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a robotics generalist to own end-to-end autonomy components—from perception to motion and control—on real hardware at our Irving, TX site. You will contribute across the stack and bring prototypes into production for on-site machines.

The role emphasizes production-quality software, AI/motion planning depth, and practical field deployment with a strong cross-functional team. This full-time position requires relocation assistance and offers a comprehensive benefits