Principal Digital Twin Engineer for Robotics & Simulation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is recruiting a Digital Twin & Simulation Principal in Irving, TX to lead high‑fidelity digital twin design for machines, jobsites, and end‑to‑end workflows supporting autonomy and robotics.

You will partner with senior management to craft a multi‑year roadmap, translate requirements into robust simulation solutions, and ensure integration with existing systems while validating models against real data. This role demands strategic vision and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in system-level simulation and digital twin technologies with a robotics background.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term vision for simulation supporting automation and robotics.
• Establish a multi-year simulation and digital twin roadmap for automation projects.
• Translate business and autonomy needs into actionable simulation solutions.
• Create detailed system-level architecture deliverables with the chief architect and robotics team.
• Determine technologies, platforms, and integration patterns for simulation.
• Collaborate with engineering, autonomy, controls, software, product, and data teams to ensure alignment.
• Assess and consolidate Caterpillar's simulation assets into a cohesive ecosystem.
• Oversee model validation and governance with physical test data.

Skills

System-level simulation

Digital twins

Robotics

NVIDIA Omniverse

Simulation tooling

Roadmapping

Communication

Data architecture

Model governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Robotics

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

CARLA

Dynasty

Simulink/Modelica

AMESim

ANSYS

Adams

GT-Suite

Unity/Unreal

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is recruiting a Digital Twin & Simulation Principal in Irving, TX to lead high‑fidelity digital twin design for machines, jobsites, and end‑to‑end workflows supporting autonomy and robotics.

You will partner with senior management to craft a multi‑year roadmap, translate requirements into robust simulation solutions, and ensure integration with existing systems while validating models against real data. This role demands strategic vision and strong communication.