Senior Robotics Engineer — Onsite Autonomy & AI Systems

Caterpillar; 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 plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Tuition Reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a robotics generalist to join the Irving, TX team, building the autonomy stack for large off-road machines—from perception through motion to control—using learning-based methods and a solid robotics foundation.

You will own real components end-to-end, taking them from idea and prototype through to production on hardware, while collaborating in small, outcome-focused pods. Relocation is available; visa sponsorship is not.

Qualifications

• Typically, 5+ years of related engineering experience.
• Strong robotics generalist capable of spanning 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.

Responsibilities

• Participating in test review, 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 broadly across the stack.
• Work in small, outcome-owning pods staffed from our capability benches.

Skills

C++

Python

ROS

Field robotics

End-to-end ownership

On-site collaboration

Machine learning basics

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a robotics generalist to join the Irving, TX team, building the autonomy stack for large off-road machines—from perception through motion to control—using learning-based methods and a solid robotics foundation.

You will own real components end-to-end, taking them from idea and prototype through to production on hardware, while collaborating in small, outcome-focused pods. Relocation is available; visa sponsorship is not.