Senior Data Pipeline Engineer for Autonomy & Robotics

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Health Savings Account

FSAs

Career development

Incentive bonus

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Data Pipeline Engineer to design, build, and maintain the data infrastructure for autonomy, robotics, and ML development across multiple programs.

You will collaborate with software, autonomy, AI/ML, and platform teams to deploy scalable data workflows, cloud storage, and compute environments that accelerate data-driven robotics innovation and ensure data quality throughout its lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, computer science, software engineering, robotics, data engineering, or a related field.
• Experience developing software in Python, C++, or similar languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms, data storage, and distributed computing environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data infrastructure that supports autonomy, robotics, and ML 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 / CS / Software Eng

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Data Pipeline Engineer to design, build, and maintain the data infrastructure for autonomy, robotics, and ML development across multiple programs.

You will collaborate with software, autonomy, AI/ML, and platform teams to deploy scalable data workflows, cloud storage, and compute environments that accelerate data-driven robotics innovation and ensure data quality throughout its lifecycle.