Senior Robotics Engineer — Autonomy & AI for Real‑World Machines

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking gifted robotics engineers to help build the autonomy stack for large off-road machines, from perception through motion to control. You will own real components end-to-end—from idea and prototype through to production on hardware.

We hire high-quality robotics generalists who can move across the stack, with deep skills in at least one domain. The role is based at the Irving, TX office, with on-site work five days a week.

Qualifications

• Typically, 5+ years of related engineering experience.
• Strong robotics generalist across the autonomy stack.
• Expertise in at least one: AI, motion planning, perception, controls, or SLAM.
• C++ and Python, production-quality.
• ROS (or similar) in real robotics systems.
• Full-lifecycle product experience — from idea to production.

Responsibilities

• Participating in test review, witnessing and certification of robotics software.
• Design, build, and ship autonomy components across perception, planning, control, and learning.
• Take work from prototype to production on real hardware.
• Bring depth in your specialty while contributing across the stack.
• Work in small, outcome-owning pods staffed from our capability benches.

Skills

C++

Python

ROS

AI

Motion planning

Perception

Controls

SLAM

Full-lifecycle product experience

Tools

ROS (or similar)

Job description

Caterpillar is seeking gifted robotics engineers to help build the autonomy stack for large off-road machines, from perception through motion to control. You will own real components end-to-end—from idea and prototype through to production on hardware.

We hire high-quality robotics generalists who can move across the stack, with deep skills in at least one domain. The role is based at the Irving, TX office, with on-site work five days a week.