Senior Autonomy Engineer
Caterpillar
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This role pays less than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $150,461–$235,750 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $193k 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 105 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $128,470–$192,710 across 100 roles with salary data.
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The Senior Autonomy Engineer joins the team to develop high-quality remote control and autonomy features for complex offroad machines. The role involves designing, developing, and validating Remote Control Vision Systems across multiple machine models, focusing on machine safety, operator productivity, and vision pipelines. Key responsibilities include owning onboard system design, integrating autonomy subsystems for planning, perception, and positioning, and implementing production-quality software for video capture, encoding, and teleoperation UI/UX hooks. The candidate must utilize C, C++, RTOS, and Linux-based embedded software development skills. Core tasks involve troubleshooting vision hardware like sensors and cameras, performing data analysis on telemetry logs, and executing unit testing across SIL, HIL, and simulation environments. This position solves technical challenges in remote operation workflows, latency, and cross-model portability for autonomous machinery.
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