Senior Data Pipeline Engineer for Autonomy & Robotics

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off plan

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Incentive bonus

Parental leave

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Data Pipeline Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable data infrastructure for autonomy, robotics, and machine learning.

You will collaborate with software, autonomy, AI/ML, and platform teams to deliver robust data workflows and cloud compute resources. The role requires strong software engineering skills, experience with cloud data systems, and a focus on operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, CS, software engineering, robotics, data engineering, or related field.
• Experience developing software in Python, C++, or similar languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms, data storage, and distributed computing environments.
• Understanding of data pipelines, ETL, data lifecycle management, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data infrastructure that supports autonomy, robotics, and machine learning development across multiple programs.
• Build and enhance solutions for data ingestion, storage, discovery, processing, and annotation to ensure high-quality robotics data is accessible throughout its lifecycle.
• Develop and support reliable data workflows, cloud-based storage environments, and compute platforms that enable efficient data-driven development.
• Improve log processing systems, data integrity, discoverability, and automation capabilities to streamline data management at scale.
• Enable large-scale compute workloads and contribute to platforms that support model training, validation, simulation, analytics, and autonomous system development.
• Partner closely with software, autonomy, AI/ML, and platform teams to deliver robust data infrastructure, annotation workflows, development tools, and compute resources that accelerate autonomy and robotics innovation.

Skills

Problem Solving

Programming

Technical Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Engineering / Computer Science / Software Engineering / Robotics

Tools

Python

C++

Cloud platforms

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Data Pipeline Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable data infrastructure for autonomy, robotics, and machine learning.

You will collaborate with software, autonomy, AI/ML, and platform teams to deliver robust data workflows and cloud compute resources. The role requires strong software engineering skills, experience with cloud data systems, and a focus on operational excellence.