Senior Autonomy & Safety Software Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Career development

Incentive bonus

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking an Senior Autonomy Development Engineer to design and deliver production-quality C/C++ software for Operator Safety Systems on heavy equipment. You will develop real-time sensor and camera pipelines, contribute across the full software lifecycle, and work with systems, validation, product, UI/UX, hardware, and field teams to ensure reliable operator safety features.

Candidates should have advanced C/C++ experience in embedded, edge, or robotics contexts, familiarity with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
• Strong C/C++ development for real-time embedded systems.
• Experience with camera, perception, and safety-related features.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and release production-quality C/C++ software for Operator Safety Systems on heavy equipment.
• Build and maintain camera, sensor, perception pipelines for safety applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate safety needs into software requirements.

Skills

C/C++ development

Embedded Linux

Real-time systems

Sensor integration

Camera & perception

Diagnostics experience

Debugging & profiling

Cross-functional collaboration

UI/UX collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/EE/Robotics

Tools

GStreamer

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Linux-based development

ROS/robotics frameworks

Job description

Caterpillar is seeking an Senior Autonomy Development Engineer to design and deliver production-quality C/C++ software for Operator Safety Systems on heavy equipment. You will develop real-time sensor and camera pipelines, contribute across the full software lifecycle, and work with systems, validation, product, UI/UX, hardware, and field teams to ensure reliable operator safety features.

Candidates should have advanced C/C++ experience in embedded, edge, or robotics contexts, familiarity with