Senior Embodied AI Engineer
AI summary of the role
Senior-level role at Caterpillar's Cat Technology division to design, develop, and deploy AI and autonomy capabilities for physical machines, leveraging a unique data foundation of 1.6M connected assets.
What you’ll do
- Design, develop, and deploy AI and autonomy capabilities for robotic systems.
- Apply machine learning, foundation models, computer vision, and related technologies to real-world autonomy challenges.
- Own systems that integrate perception, reasoning, planning, and action.
- Design and execute experiments, simulation scenarios, benchmarks, regression tests, and on-machine performance evaluations.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor's degree in CS, Robotics, AI, ML, EE, or related field.
- 5+ years industry experience developing complex software, robotics, AI, or autonomous systems.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in Python, C++, or similar.
- Experience owning and delivering a complex production capability or subsystem from design to deployment.
Technologies
ROS/ROS2 · SLAM · motion planning · vision-language-action models · LLMs · deep learning · reinforcement learning · imitation learning · computer vision · sensor fusion · Python · C++
About Caterpillar Inc.
Builds construction/mining equipment, engines, turbines, locomotives, financing and digital services for infrastructure, mining, energy and industrial customers through a global dealer network.
Public · 5000+ people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
physical systems with software, connectivity, autonomy, and AI, we deliver solutions that work in the real world—on real jobsites, at global scale. You’ll build and deploy against one of the most unique data foundations—over 1.6 million connected assets generating real-world data daily. These data and platform capabilities are enabling the development of AI models, edge computing architectures, and software systems that scale across fleets, products, and industries. The result will be a new generation of machines that continuously learn, improve, and deliver performance at scale. Role Definition We are building the next generation of intelligent robotic systems that combine advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, foundation models, perception, reasoning, and autonomous decision-making. Our mission is to create robots capable of understanding, learning, and operating
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