Lead Architect – Digital Twin & AI Factory

Caterpillar

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Work type: On-site
Location: Irving, TX
Salary: $128,470–$208,770 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Closes: Jun 24, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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This role $169k

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About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world''s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Industry: Heavy Equipment & Manufacturing

Caterpillar currently has 41 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $128,470–$208,770 across 41 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Architect – Digital Twin & AI Factory

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As a Lead Architect for Digital Twin & AI Factory at Caterpillar, you will join a dynamic team focused on advancing the company’s technology solutions in construction autonomy. Your role involves designing and implementing architecture that integrates simulation environments, digital twins, AI model development, and GPU infrastructure to create scalable and efficient AI ecosystems. You’ll work closely with engineering teams, data scientists, and platform developers to translate architectural visions into detailed solution designs and reusable patterns. Key responsibilities include developing technical infrastructures for applications, evaluating new technologies, and ensuring seamless integration of compute resources and data pipelines across the development lifecycle. Ideal candidates possess expertise in digital twin platforms, AI factory operations, NVIDIA ecosystems, MLOps, and physical AI technologies, enabling them to drive innovation at global scale within Caterpillar’s connected ecosystem of over 1.6 million assets generating real-world data daily.

Skills

NVIDIA_Omniverse CUDA TensorRT AI_Factory MLOps Kubernetes Docker Python PostgreSQL CI/CD Prometheus Grafana AWS Azure Git Terraform

What you'll do

Design and implement architecture solutions for simulation, digital twins, AI model development, and AI Factory operations.
Develop detailed technical infrastructure plans including databases, programming languages, utilities, and testing approaches.
Evaluate and deploy new technologies to enhance existing digital capabilities and support business application systems.
Support the orchestration of AI Factory and simulation capabilities across the entire development lifecycle for seamless integration.
Define how GPU infrastructure, MLOps capabilities, and other technical components are integrated to create a scalable AI ecosystem.

What we're looking for

Extensive experience in designing and implementing digital twin and simulation platforms for machine modeling.
Hands-on expertise with AI development platforms, GPU infrastructure, and large-scale AI workloads.
Deep knowledge of NVIDIA’s ecosystem including Omniverse, Isaac, DGX platforms, CUDA, and TensorRT.
Strong background in MLOps, model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and governance.
Proven leadership in translating architectural strategy into practical implementation plans for complex projects.

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