Senior Perception Engineer for Off-Road Autonomy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Career development

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Perception Engineer to develop autonomous and operator-assisted driving systems. You will design, implement, and test algorithms for sensor fusion, object detection, tracking, and classification, and integrate solutions into the software stack and hardware platform.

You will collaborate with engineers and researchers, participate in Agile processes, and contribute to safety and production-quality autonomy solutions using C++ and Python.

Qualifications

• Experience developing perception systems for autonomous vehicles, robotics, or advanced operator assist systems using lidar, radar, and camera sensors.
• Strong background in computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, sensor fusion, object detection, tracking, and classification algorithms.
• Experience developing production-quality software in C++ and Python.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex perception problems for autonomous and operator-assisted heavy equipment operating in dynamic off-road environments.
• Develop and optimize algorithms for sensor fusion, object detection, tracking, and classification to meet customer and product requirements.
• Analyze customer and machine data to identify performance gaps and drive continuous improvement of perception capabilities and machine intelligence.
• Participate in Agile software development from requirements and architecture through validation and deployment.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver safe, production-quality autonomy solutions.

Skills

C++

Python

Computer vision

Machine learning

Sensor fusion

Object detection

Tracking

Tools

ROS/AIS

OpenCV

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Git

CMake

Docker

GoogleTest

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Perception Engineer to develop autonomous and operator-assisted driving systems. You will design, implement, and test algorithms for sensor fusion, object detection, tracking, and classification, and integrate solutions into the software stack and hardware platform.

You will collaborate with engineers and researchers, participate in Agile processes, and contribute to safety and production-quality autonomy solutions using C++ and Python.