Senior AI Annotation & Automation Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 113,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with match

Career development

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior AI Automation Engineer to develop annotation automation solutions for robotics, autonomy, and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) systems. You will build automated labeling, captioning, and QA, deploying scalable AI pipelines for heavy equipment data.

You’ll work hands-on with Python, ML frameworks, and data engineering, integrating Caterpillar systems with external providers, and ensuring reliability and observability of services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field.
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Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy automated labeling and captioning solutions for perception and VLA datasets.

Skills

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

PyTorch

TensorFlow

ONNX

Weigths & Biases

MLflow

Labelbox

Supervisely

RoboFlow

Computer vision

Autonomy

Cosmos Curator

Cosmos Reason

VLA datasets

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI, ML, Robotics, or related field

Tools

Labelbox

Supervisely

RoboFlow

Cosmos Curator

Cosmos Reason

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior AI Automation Engineer to develop annotation automation solutions for robotics, autonomy, and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) systems. You will build automated labeling, captioning, and QA, deploying scalable AI pipelines for heavy equipment data.

You’ll work hands-on with Python, ML frameworks, and data engineering, integrating Caterpillar systems with external providers, and ensuring reliability and observability of services.