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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
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As a Principal Perception Architect - System Integration, you will join the team responsible for developing autonomous machine platforms in the construction sector. You will own the front-end perception sensor system architecture, focusing on selecting, evaluating, and integrating critical technologies including cameras, lidar, radar, IMU, GNSS, and ultrasonic sensors to ensure reliable data streams for downstream services. Your daily responsibilities involve defining integration architectures, managing driver software requirements, monitoring system health, and resolving sensing coverage gaps like blind spots or range limitations. You will also evaluate existing Data Collection Kits to identify improvement opportunities in data quality and hardware constraints. The role requires expert knowledge in platform architecture, data architecture, and analytical thinking to solve complex problems in physical AI and construction autonomy while collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate sensors into heavy machinery environments.
Autonomous Systems
ROS2
CAN
Ethernet
Lidar
Radar
GNSS
IMU
System Architecture
Systems Integration
Vision Systems
Edge Computing
Electrical Systems
Validation