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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
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The Senior Autonomy Development Engineer joins the Operator Safety Systems team to develop production-quality software for heavy equipment in mining and construction environments. This role involves designing, implementing, and validating C/C++ software to support operator awareness, personnel detection, collision mitigation, and in-cab alerts. The engineer will build and maintain camera, sensor, perception, and data-processing pipelines for real-time safety applications. Key technical requirements include proficiency in C/C++, embedded Linux, and robotics, alongside experience with GStreamer, Git, and CI/CD pipelines. Candidates must demonstrate skills in troubleshooting using logs, telemetry, and profiling tools while collaborating with UI/UX, hardware, and systems teams. The work focuses on creating reliable, field-supportable software for machine interaction logic, diagnostics, and safety-oriented responses across diverse machine platforms.
Design, implement, test, and release production-quality C/C++ software for heavy equipment safety systems.
Develop software components for operator awareness, personnel detection, collision mitigation, and in-cab alerts.
Build and maintain camera, sensor, perception, and data-processing pipelines for real-time safety applications.
Manage the full software development lifecycle including requirements, documentation, unit testing, and release readiness.
Troubleshoot complex system issues using logs, telemetry, sensor data, and profiling tools.
Contribute to software architecture designs focusing on reliability, latency, and field supportability.
Support the implementation of operator-facing workflows, displays, and configuration screens.
Mentor other engineers through technical guidance and the application of strong development practices.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field or commensurate industry experience.
Advanced C/C++ development experience for production software in embedded, edge, robotics, perception, machine control, or safety-oriented systems.
Experience contributing across the full software development lifecycle including requirements, design, implementation, integration, validation, and release.
Ability to troubleshoot complex software and system issues using logs, traces, telemetry, sensor data, and profiling tools.
Ability to communicate technical designs, risks, and trade-offs clearly to both engineering and non-engineering audiences.
Extensive experience as a software developer supporting engineering projects on operator safety, robotics, autonomous, or machine-control systems (preferred).
Experience with camera, radar, LiDAR, ultrasonic, GNSS/GPS, inertial, thermal, or stereo vision sensing technologies (preferred).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, automated testing, Linux-based development environments, and modern DevOps practices (preferred).
C++
Python
Embedded Linux
HIL
SIL
CUDA
TensorRT
MATLAB
Simulink
GTest
CANoe
CANalyzer
CANape
ETAS INCA
CAN
Ethernet
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
ISO 21448
ISO 25119
IEC 61508
ISO 13849
C/C++
ROS
Matlab/Simulink
AUTOSAR
Linux
CI/CD
Git
DevOps
CAN
Ethernet
Real‑Time Systems
Digital Twins
Simulation
Perception
Planning
Positioning
Controls
Systems Engineering
Software Development Life Cycle
HIL
Embedded Systems
Robotics
Autonomy
System Integration
Site Technology
architecture, design
Technical Troubleshooting
C++
Python
ROS
GNSS
3D Geometry
Linear Algebra
Robot Operating System
Software Development Life Cycle
Debugging
Profiling
Functional Safety
Physics based modeling