- Robot type
- Construction
- Location
- IrvingTexasUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Aug 31, 2026
- Salary
- $147,760–$240,110 a year
Full-time
Software Engineering Manager (Autonomy Services)
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.
At Caterpillar, technology always has a purpose, which is to solve our customers’ toughest challenges.
Job responsibilities
- Lead multiple engineering teams delivering autonomy execution services, mission automation, and remote-control capabilities.
- Define and execute the vision for several scalable and secure platform Services and APIs that promote reuse, reduce duplication, and improve developer productivity.
- Collaborate closely with product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders to ensure platform capabilities align with long-term enterprise strategy and evolving customer needs.
- Drive the design and development of Platform Services/APIs with reusability in mind, balancing immediate business needs with future use cases by anticipating and forecasting evolving requirements.
- You will constantly seek opportunities to improve organizational efficiencies
- Organizational Leadership: Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams, foster a culture of accountability and innovation, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to deliver enterprise…
- Software Architecture : Deep understanding of designing and evolving reusable platform services (shared APIs, common frameworks, foundational services) that enable downstream product teams to scale efficiently.
- Software Development: Proven expertise in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native distributed systems, Platform Services and APIs, and driving engineering best practices across quality, performance,…