Principal Robotics Platform Architect - Onsite in Irving

Caterpillar Brazil; Irving, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Caterpillar in Irving, TX, seeks a Robotics Platform Architect to own the software foundation for robotics and autonomy, including middleware, runtime, IPC, and compute across onboard, edge, and cloud deployments.

You will influence across autonomy, controls, ML, simulation teams, define APIs and reference designs, and drive platform consistency while aligning with business goals. Relocation is available; visa sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• ROBOTICS PLATFORM & MIDDLEWARE ARCHITECTURE – Strong experience architecting robot software platforms — middleware, runtime, inter-process communication, and platform services (e.g., ROS 2 / DDS)
• COMPUTE & EDGE ARCHITECTURE – Experience defining onboard, edge, and cloud compute architecture, real‑time execution, and resource management for production robotic or autonomous systems, including GPU / accelerated compute and containerized deployment
• PLATFORM STANDARDS & DEVELOPER ENABLEMENT – Demonstrated ability to define APIs, reference designs, and standards that accelerate autonomy, machine learning, controls, and simulation teams and drive platform consistency across the organization
• AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS SOFTWARE INTEGRATION – Deep understanding of how perception, planning, controls, and machine platforms integrate at the software layer to deliver reliable autonomous behavior, and the ability to guide teams through complex system design decisions
• STRATEGIC ARCHITECTURE LEADERSHIP – Ability to influence senior leaders, define architectural roadmaps, establish standards and patterns, govern technology decisions, and provide technical direction across multiple engineering organizations without direct authority

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed architecture deliverables to solve business problems.
• Designing an application’s technical infrastructure, such as specific databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches.
• Leading the evaluation and deployment of new technologies to add or enhance existing digital technical capabilities.
• Participating in addressing business requirements for applications and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver digital solutions that meets business results.

Skills

Robotics platform

Edge compute architecture

APIs & standards

Autonomous systems integration

Architectural leadership

Agile SDLC

Mentoring & communication

Tools

ROS 2 / DDS

Containerization

Job description

Caterpillar in Irving, TX, seeks a Robotics Platform Architect to own the software foundation for robotics and autonomy, including middleware, runtime, IPC, and compute across onboard, edge, and cloud deployments.

You will influence across autonomy, controls, ML, simulation teams, define APIs and reference designs, and drive platform consistency while aligning with business goals. Relocation is available; visa sponsorship is not offered.