Senior Autonomy Validation Engineer - Onsite in Mossville

Caterpillar Brazil; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 183,000; 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

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Senior Autonomy Validation Engineer in Mossville, IL to validate autonomous workflows and validate machine performance using L8 HIL benches, MATLAB/Simulink models, and real-time validation platforms.

The role emphasizes integration across simulation, test tracks, and field-support teams. The candidate will develop validation scenarios, analyze machine data, and work with SI&V leads to improve release quality and customer-ready deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Significant experience in validation, systems integration, product development, product support, simulation, or technical troubleshooting for complex autonomous systems.
• Experience with L8 HIL bench operation, model-based simulation, MATLAB/Simulink, and real-time validation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Validate CfH autonomous workflows using L8 HIL benches, simulation environments, bench hardware, machine interface models, and supporting test assets.
• Develop and maintain validation scenarios, test cases, regression tests, and evidence packages based on requirements, release content, field issues, machine data, and customer-use cases.
• Analyze real machine data, site data, logs, communication captures, and test results to understand machine behavior and support root-cause investigation.
• Use machine performance analysis to improve validation coverage and provide feedback to development teams.
• Develop and maintain MATLAB/Simulink real-time models for machine dynamics and control.
• Configure and troubleshoot dSPACE SCALEXIO benches with ConfigurationDesk and ControlDesk.

Skills

Industry knowledge

Software product testing

Systems integration

Problem solving

Programming

Technical troubleshooting

Technical communication

AI and validation methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

dSPACE SCALEXIO

ConfigurationDesk

ControlDesk

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Senior Autonomy Validation Engineer in Mossville, IL to validate autonomous workflows and validate machine performance using L8 HIL benches, MATLAB/Simulink models, and real-time validation platforms.

The role emphasizes integration across simulation, test tracks, and field-support teams. The candidate will develop validation scenarios, analyze machine data, and work with SI&V leads to improve release quality and customer-ready deployments.