Principal Digital Architect, Physical AI & Data Platform
Caterpillar
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This role pays less than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $193,935–$257,475 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $194k 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 - Simulation & Robotics Data joins the technology team to define the data architecture enabling Physical AI and autonomous systems to learn, reason, and operate at scale. This role is responsible for establishing data contracts, standards, schemas, and metadata for information flowing from machine and site systems into enterprise platforms. The architect will design multimodal architectures for sensor, video, image, telemetry, and robotics data while managing lifecycle strategies for training, validation, and testing datasets. Key responsibilities include developing technical infrastructure, defining governance, and creating scalable patterns for world-model development. Required expertise includes data architecture, platform architecture, requirements analysis, and target architecture. The role addresses the complex challenge of construction autonomy by building a foundation for machines to perceive environments and make informed decisions using edge computing and high-volume real-world data.
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