Senior Robotics Engineer - Autonomy Stack, Onsite Irving TX

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

On-site at Irving

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer to own the autonomy stack across perception, planning and control, translating customer needs into production-ready robotics software for real machines on site.

The role requires strong AI, motion planning, perception, and hardware deployment skills, with experience in C++ and Python and ROS. You will collaborate in fast-moving pods delivering reliable autonomous solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related engineering experience.
• Full-lifecycle robotics product experience from idea to production.
• Experience across AI, motion planning, perception, controls, or SLAM.

Responsibilities

• Participate in test review and analysis, 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.

Skills

Robotics generalist

5+ years engineering

AI concepts

Motion planning

Perception

Controls

SLAM

C++

Python

Production-quality software

On-site deployment

Field robotics

Tools

ROS

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Robotics Engineer to own the autonomy stack across perception, planning and control, translating customer needs into production-ready robotics software for real machines on site.

The role requires strong AI, motion planning, perception, and hardware deployment skills, with experience in C++ and Python and ROS. You will collaborate in fast-moving pods delivering reliable autonomous solutions.