Principal Platform Engineer, Digital Twin & AI Systems

Caterpillar; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 147,760 - 240,110; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Physical AI and Digital Twin Integration in Irving, TX. You will design and lead architecture for simulation platforms, digital twin systems, and cloud-native services, guiding integration and data exchange across microservices.

You will mentor engineers, drive platform scalability, and enforce standards for secure, observable, and high-performing systems, with a focus on backend APIs and integration layers.

Qualifications

• Experience designing cloud-native microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience in simulation, NVIDIA ecosystem, robotics, digital twin, or industrial automation platforms.
• Backend development with Python or Java for production-grade APIs and platforms.
• Experience with AI-assisted/agentic development workflows and validating AI-generated code.
• Understanding of secure software development.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive end-to-end architecture and integration strategy for simulation platforms, digital twin systems, and backend microservices APIs.
• Lead design and delivery of scalable cloud-native services, integration adapters, and data/asset exchange systems.
• Establish and enforce design patterns, service contracts, and integration standards (REST, gRPC, event-driven) across distributed systems.

Skills

Cloud-native design

Distributed systems

REST & gRPC APIs

Python

Java

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Physical AI and Digital Twin Integration in Irving, TX. You will design and lead architecture for simulation platforms, digital twin systems, and cloud-native services, guiding integration and data exchange across microservices.

You will mentor engineers, drive platform scalability, and enforce standards for secure, observable, and high-performing systems, with a focus on backend APIs and integration layers.