Principal Robotics & Physical AI Simulation Architect

Caterpillar; Irving (TX); Sur place; USD 148 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings

HSA

FSAs

Career development

Incentive bonus

Résumé du poste

Caterpillar aims to redefine robotics simulation and Digital and Data capabilities in Irving, TX. This Principal Engineer role leads architecture, critical implementations, and mentoring across robotics, autonomy, and Physical AI domains.

You will bridge virtual environments with production robotics software and real-world hardware testing, guiding multi-team delivery and ensuring robust, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience in robotics or simulation.
• Experience leading architecture and cross-team delivery.
• Strong communication, mentoring, and collaboration skills.
• Proficiency with Python and C++ in production workflows.
• Hands-on with NVIDIA robotics tools (Isaac Sim, Omniverse).

Responsabilités

• Define the technical architecture for robotics and Physical AI simulation.
• Build closed-loop environments for autonomous and semi-autonomous machines.
• Lead Software-in-the-Loop, Hardware-in-the-Loop, and Vehicle-in-the-Loop strategies.
• Integrate ROS 2, autonomy software, machine controls, sensors, and simulation platforms.
• Develop camera, LiDAR, radar, GNSS, IMU, and machine-sensor simulation capabilities.
• Lead scenario generation, replay, regression testing, robot learning, and policy evaluation.
• Establish simulation-to-real correlation, fidelity, timing, determinism, and acceptance criteria.
• Scale parallel robotics simulation, reinforcement learning, and synthetic-data workloads on GPU infrastructure.

Connaissances

Python

C++

C#

Java

Go

Node.js

APIs & distributed systems

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

ROS 2

AI-assisted tools

Communication & mentoring

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

NVIDIA Omniverse

CUDA

Outils

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

NVIDIA Omniverse

OpenUSD

NVIDIA Newton

CUDA

Docker

Kubernetes

CoreWeave

Description du poste

Caterpillar aims to redefine robotics simulation and Digital and Data capabilities in Irving, TX. This Principal Engineer role leads architecture, critical implementations, and mentoring across robotics, autonomy, and Physical AI domains.

You will bridge virtual environments with production robotics software and real-world hardware testing, guiding multi-team delivery and ensuring robust, scalable solutions.