Principal Digital Architect, Simulation & Robotics Data
Caterpillar
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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $189,737–$262,600 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $226k for comparable roles.
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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 57 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $131,789–$192,710 across 56 roles with salary data.
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The Principal Digital Architect - Physical AI & Data Platform joins the team to define enterprise-wide architecture supporting streaming, batch, event-driven, and Physical AI workloads. This role is responsible for establishing scalable patterns for data ingestion, curation, storage, governance, and lifecycle management to create a resilient, observable, and secure data ecosystem. The architect will design technical infrastructure including specific databases, programming languages, and testing approaches while developing platform guardrails for performance monitoring and disaster recovery. Key competencies include data architecture, platform architecture, requirements analysis, and target architecture. Candidates must possess expertise in machine telemetry, sensor data, digital twins, edge-to-cloud architectures, and AI model development requirements like feature engineering and synthetic data. The role solves complex challenges in construction autonomy by building the data foundation necessary for machines to perceive environments and make informed decisions at scale.
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