- Robot type
- Construction
- Location
- IrvingTexasUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 23, 2026
- Salary
- $147,760–$240,110 a year
Principal Robotics Engineer
Job description
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
You’ll build and deploy against one of the most unique data foundations—over 1.6 million connected assets generating real-world data daily.
Role Definition We build the autonomy stack that lets large off-road machines operate themselves on real customer sites —…
Job responsibilities
- Participating in the processes of test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of robotics software.
- Design, build, and ship autonomy components across perception, planning, control, and learning.
- Take work from prototype to production on real hardware.
- Bring depth in your specialty while contributing broadly across the stack.
- Work in small, outcome-owning pods staffed from our capability benches.
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