Caterpillar
Industrial · Autonomous mining trucks
- HQ
- Irving, US
- Founded
- 1925
- Funding
- Public (CAT)
- Website
- caterpillar.com
Caterpillar currently has 28 active job listings related to artificial intelligence. The majority of these roles, 54%, are focused on agents, with serving infrastructure and data each accounting for 18% of the listings. The dominant function for these positions is Engineering. In the last 30 days, Caterpillar has posted 40 new AI roles, representing a significant increase of 1233% compared to the previous 30-day period.
Industrial · Autonomous mining trucks
Currently tracking 22 active AI roles, down 30% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $113k–$240k (avg $180k).
Caterpillar currently has 45 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Data Scientist (3), Manager, Product Management (Platform) (3), Autonomy Development Engineer (2), Autonomy Engineering Development Specialist (2), Senior Autonomy Engineer (2). Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
Caterpillar's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (60%), data (27%), serving infrastructure (9%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Caterpillar is hiring AI talent in: United States (29 roles), China (2 roles), Belgium (2 roles).
Job postings at Caterpillar most frequently mention: Software Engineering, Robotics, Machine Learning, Debugging, Python.
In the past 30 days, Caterpillar has posted 70 new AI-related roles. That is a +40% change versus the prior 30 days (50 → 70).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
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| Senior Design Engineer, Engine Components Senior Design Engineer for Engine Components at Caterpillar, focusing on New Product Introduction, New Source Introduction, Continuous Product Improvement, and Cost Reduction. Responsibilities include developing and evaluating designs, coordinating hardware for testing, conducting analysis, maintaining design control, collaborating with the supply base, and developing basic simulation skills. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Engineer-Electric Power Logistics Engineer for Caterpillar's Electric Power Division, responsible for implementing and improving logistics processes to maximize efficiency and productivity. This includes collaborating with engineering and manufacturing, analyzing workflows, optimizing material flow and capacity, managing packaging programs, and documenting facility layouts. | — | 0 |
| Supervisor / Supervisora de Producción Supervisor for daily operations of machining processes within a manufacturing plant, responsible for achieving production targets safely and with high quality standards by leading a team of machine operators and technicians. |
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| Shipping & Receiving Team member This role is for a Shipping & Receiving Team Member at Caterpillar, responsible for overseeing the shipping process, verifying product quality and labeling, and providing training and support to the shipping department. The role also involves coordinating domestic and international shipping, order fulfillment, operating packaging equipment, and managing inventory movements. It requires previous warehouse experience, computer literacy, and the ability to maintain accurate records. | — | 0 |
| Project Machinist/Machine OprB-2 Operates and sets up machines and tools to perform operations with special fixtures, meeting quality standards and production requirements. Requires experience in manual and CNC machining, reading drawings, and using precision measuring equipment. | — | 0 |
| Manager Facilities Engineering Manager of Facilities Engineering responsible for the maintenance and operation of facilities and infrastructure in a manufacturing plant, ensuring functionality, safety, and sustainability while managing budgets and supporting business objectives. | — | 0 |
| Custom Painter Custom Painter role at Caterpillar, focused on making paint-related repairs to prime product and potentially coating custom structures. Requires experience in various paint types, mixing, repair procedures, and blueprint reading. Offers competitive wages and benefits. | — | 0 |
| Material Specialist - 2nd Shift This role is for a Material Specialist in Caterpillar's Product Support and Logistics Division. Responsibilities include safely performing material handling and warehousing functions such as receiving, storing, moving, packing, and shipping parts and supplies, utilizing equipment like order pickers and forklifts, and operating handheld scanners for inventory management. The role requires a strong safety mindset, team collaboration, time management, adaptability, and thoroughness in performing quality checks and following instructions. Physical requirements include lifting up to 50 pounds, walking significant distances, and working at heights. | — | 0 |
| Material Specialist - AWS Shift This role is for a Material Specialist in Caterpillar's Product Support and Logistics Division. Responsibilities include material handling, warehousing, and operating equipment like forklifts. It requires a safety mindset, teamwork, time management, adaptability, and thoroughness in performing tasks. Physical agility to lift, carry, and walk extensively is also necessary. The role is not AI/ML related. | — | 0 |
| Material Specialist - 3rd Shift This role is for a Material Specialist in Caterpillar's Product Support and Logistics Division. Responsibilities include safely performing material handling and warehousing functions such as receiving, storing, moving, packing, and shipping parts and equipment. The role involves operating forklifts and handheld scanners, performing housekeeping, and adhering to safety procedures. It requires physical agility, including lifting up to 50 pounds and walking significant distances, and comfort working at heights. The position is for the 3rd shift. | — | 0 |
| Senior SCADA Integration Engineer Senior SCADA Integration Engineer responsible for developing, maintaining, and troubleshooting monitoring and control systems for electric power solutions, including solar, energy storage, and generator sets. This role involves designing SCADA and communication systems, integrating with third-party systems and DERs, and ensuring compliance with utility market participation requirements. | — | 0 |
| Control Systems Engineer Lead and coordinate an engineering team to design, develop, integrate, and test machine electronic control systems for large mining and off-highway truck applications. This includes supporting current production models and developing/integrating autonomous related technologies. | — | 0 |
| Control Systems Engineering Specialist This role focuses on the engineering and development of electro-mechanical systems for hydrostatic transmission controls within Caterpillar's Drivetrain Systems and Software Team. Responsibilities include technical leadership, hands-on development, software design, and verification testing of mechatronic devices. | — | 0 |
| Internal Controls Coordinator - North America This role focuses on supporting global business operations with a specific emphasis on SOX Compliance within Caterpillar's captive finance subsidiary. The coordinator will partner with finance and functional teams to ensure appropriate accounting, reporting, and disclosures in accordance with US GAAP and SEC reporting. Key responsibilities include coordinating control testing, remediation, documentation, and reporting of internal controls, leveraging technology to review control deficiencies, driving process improvements, and collaborating with internal and external auditors. | — | 0 |
| Senior Performance/Simulation/Application Engineering Specialist Senior Performance/Simulation/Application Engineering Specialist at Caterpillar, focusing on engine and aftertreatment system performance simulation and development from concept to production. The role involves project leadership, virtual development, ensuring emissions standards are met, and utilizing data analytics for optimization. It also includes mentoring junior engineers and improving engineering processes. | — | 0 |
| Test & Validation Engineer The Test and Validation Engineer will be responsible for lab-based testing, validation, and test method development for seals and isolation mounts. This role is highly lab intensive, focusing on executing, troubleshooting, and improving component tests, documenting and analyzing results, and supporting validation activities. | — | 0 |
| Hose Assembly Team Lead - 1st Shift Team Lead for a Hose Assembly line in a manufacturing and logistics setting, focusing on operational efficiency, quality, safety, and team coordination. | — | 0 |
| Product Service Engineer Product Service Engineer for MineStar Fleet at Caterpillar, focusing on product field validation and problem management. Responsibilities include coordinating with dealers and customers, investigating and resolving product issues using CPI processes, developing corrective actions with engineering, providing technical support, participating in NPI and bug triages, and assisting with service publications and training content. Requires customer focus, data analysis, service excellence, communication, problem-solving, relationship management, and technical excellence. | — | 0 |
| Legal Administrative Specialist This role is for a Legal Administrative Specialist at Caterpillar, supporting legal and public policy leaders. Responsibilities include performing administrative legal tasks, managing communications, running conflict checks, creating new matters, and providing general administrative support such as scheduling, travel arrangements, and preparing presentations. The role requires strong attention to detail, confidentiality, collaboration, communication, adaptability, and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office. Experience in the legal field and with legal tools is preferred, as is basic knowledge of AI as a productivity tool. | — | 0 |
| Manager Customer Services Manager Customer Services role at Caterpillar, focusing on leading a regional customer support team, managing escalations, ensuring timely communication, and driving adherence to service metrics. The role involves coaching direct reports, supporting continuous improvement projects, and partnering with dealers and internal teams to enhance customer support experience. Requires strong customer focus, data analysis, decision-making, and relationship management skills, with a preference for experience in leading support teams and mining industry experience. | — | 0 |
| Accountant Accountant role supporting direct inventory, standard cost, audits, and providing business advisory services. Will involve month-end closing, reconciliations, and analysis. Opportunity to develop data analytic skills with tools like Power BI. | — | 0 |
| Battery Systems Senior Engineer Design This role is for a Battery Systems Senior Engineer Design at Caterpillar, focusing on the design, analysis, building, and implementation of new battery systems and components for rail and marine customer applications. The engineer will own the top-level system design, structural rack/pack design, and interface routing for cooling, communications, and high voltage connections. Responsibilities include using simulation tools for evaluations, assisting with hardware procurement and builds, supporting customers, collaborating with manufacturing and purchasing, contributing to FMEAs and Risk Assessments, and protecting intellectual property. A Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required, along with strong analytical thinking, communication, and project management skills. Preferred skills include experience in battery pack/rack design and proficiency with CAD/PLM software. | — | 0 |
| Machine Software & Controls Test Engineer This role focuses on testing and validation of machine software and controls for Caterpillar's Large Mining Trucks. The engineer will plan and execute tests, troubleshoot complex systems, and analyze data to ensure product quality and customer satisfaction. The role involves hands-on experience with mining trucks and collaboration with engineering teams. | — | 0 |
| Contracts Consultant - Oil & Gas This role is for a Contracts Consultant in the Oil & Gas division at Caterpillar. The primary responsibilities involve coordinating the execution of new and existing contracts, preparing bids, negotiating contractual provisions, and ensuring adherence to contractual requirements. The role requires strong skills in customer focus, decision making, communication, negotiation, and relationship management. It is not directly related to AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Pump Mechanic I Pump Mechanic I at Caterpillar's SPM Oil & Gas division, responsible for assembling, servicing, maintaining, evaluating, repairing, and installing reciprocating plunger pumps and related components. The role involves detailed inspection, root cause analysis, and adherence to safety and operational procedures. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Engineer Manufacturing Engineer role focused on the Hot Test process, ensuring quality, pace, and safety. Responsibilities include budget development, operational issue resolution, supplier engagement, and providing manufacturing technical support. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline, with experience in engine performance and hot test processes. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Engineer Manufacturing Engineer role focused on technical analysis of manufacturing processes, costs, quality, safety, and environmental requirements. Responsibilities include identifying and implementing enhancements to equipment and processes, monitoring reliability, providing coaching, and engineering support for equipment, processes, and facilities. Key skills involve collaborative automation, decision making, lean manufacturing, and RPA. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing/Distribution Engineer Caterpillar is seeking a Manufacturing/Distribution Engineer to join their Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence team. The role focuses on driving agility, flexibility, and visibility across the network to optimize product distribution, availability, and differentiation. Responsibilities include implementing distribution solutions, managing deployment of improvement projects, developing project strategies, working with logistics teams, leading cross-functional collaboration, and developing assembly/validation standards. | — | 0 |
| Quality Inspector I - 2nd Shift Quality Inspector I role at Caterpillar's Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) in San Antonio, Texas. Responsibilities include performing audits of production processes, supporting quality issues on the production line, developing countermeasures for issues, executing containments, creating quality alerts, conducting special studies, monitoring quality performance indicators, ensuring adherence to standard work, identifying and solving problems, and maintaining a safe workstation. Requires minimum 6 months of experience in a machining, manufacturing, or warehouse environment, ability to collaborate, strong communication and analytical skills, and knowledge of Microsoft Office. Preferred qualifications include experience with part prints, PLEX, Built-In Quality (BIQ) Processes, gauging techniques, engine assembly/repair, post-fabrication processes, and Lean manufacturing/Six-Sigma. | — | 0 |
| Quality Inspector II - 1st Shift Quality Inspector II role at Caterpillar's Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD) focusing on CNC machining operations. Responsibilities include performing audits, supporting quality issues on the production line, developing countermeasures, executing containments, creating quality alerts, conducting special studies, monitoring quality performance indicators, ensuring adherence to standard work, and problem-solving using Caterpillar Production Systems methods. Requires minimum 1 year of experience in machining, manufacturing, or warehouse environment, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and knowledge of Microsoft Office. Preferred qualifications include experience with audits, reading part prints, PLEX, BIQ processes, CMM, engine assembly/repair, Lean manufacturing, or Six-Sigma. | — | 0 |
| .NET Developer Experienced .NET Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable .NET applications for Caterpillar's Construction Industries division. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring application performance, scalability, and security, and participating in Agile development processes. | — | 0 |
| Senior Strategy Consultant Senior Strategy Consultant role focused on developing and executing mid- to long-term business development strategies for Caterpillar's Power & Energy markets. Responsibilities include market analysis, customer engagement, and proposal development for service offerings. | — | 0 |
| Controls Engineering Specialist – EH Brake Systems Controls Engineering Specialist focused on Electrohydraulic (EH) Brake by Wire systems for advanced machine platforms, including autonomy, remote control, and advanced operator assist features. The role involves leading design, development, integration, software architecture, functional safety, and system integration. | — | 0 |
| SAP Technical Lead (Basis/Hana) This role is for a SAP Technical Lead (Basis/Hana) responsible for ensuring the security and stability of SAP environments, including design, implementation, performance tuning, and disaster recovery. It involves Hana database administration and adherence to IT and SOX controls. | — | 0 |
| Training Technician (capacity)-4 This role is for a Training Technician at Caterpillar, focusing on manufacturing. It does not involve AI/ML development. | — | 0 |
| Machine Network Technology Team Leader Lead a team focused on creating and implementing advanced communication and network technologies for machine platforms, ensuring seamless integration of E/E architecture and communication frameworks for deterministic, secure, and scalable operations. Responsibilities include defining architectures, driving rapid prototyping of emerging technologies like automotive Ethernet, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. | — | 0 |
| Principal Digital Product Owner – Supply Planning This role is for a Principal Digital Product Owner focused on Supply Planning at Caterpillar. The primary responsibility is to shape and support a mission-critical digital product used across global supply planning operations. The role involves strategic product ownership, hands-on analysis, translating business needs into requirements, improving product usability, and developing documentation and support materials. It requires a strong analytical and systems mindset to partner with IT, engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions that drive measurable value. The role emphasizes data governance, data quality, and consistent usage to enable scalable supplier readiness and long-term growth. | — | 0 |
| Assembly Senior Manufacturing Support - 1st Shift This role supports manufacturing assembly operations through 5S activities, area layout, process improvement, and audits. It requires problem-solving, decision-making, and cross-functional communication within an industrial manufacturing environment. | — | 0 |
| Sr Control Systems Engineering Specialist - EH Brakes Lead controls and software development for Electro-Hydraulic (EH) brake systems for advanced machine platforms, focusing on autonomy, remote control, and advanced operator assist features. Define and own brake control system architecture, develop embedded control algorithms, and support functional safety requirements. | — | 0 |
| Lead Simulation Engineer (Digital Twin) Lead Simulation Engineer (Digital Twin) at Caterpillar, focusing on designing, developing, and integrating simulation and visualization capabilities for next-generation digital twins and machine behavior modeling. This role involves building behavioral logic, physics integrations, and visualization layers using C++/Python and NVIDIA Omniverse, with a focus on simulation quality, real-time 3D visualization, and integration with other engineering teams. | — | 0 |
| Territory Sales Manager (Marine Industry Territory Sales Manager for Caterpillar's Marine Industry division in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This role focuses on managing dealer relationships, developing sales strategies, and driving sales performance for company products and services within the marine sector. Requires a Bachelor's degree and strong English and Spanish language skills, with knowledge of the marine industry being a plus. | — | 0 |
| Design Engineer Design Engineer in Caterpillar's Earth Moving division, Operator Systems Engineering, Operator Visibility Team. Responsible for designing, developing, and releasing operator visibility components and systems (glass, windows, mirrors, wiping/washer systems). Involves requirements gathering, functional specification, DFMEA/PFMEA, validation planning, and troubleshooting. Requires Mechanical Engineering degree and skills in analytical thinking, communication, technical excellence, managing priorities, CAD/CAE, and product design/development. Experience with visibility components, industry standards (ISO 5006), and regulations (ANSI Z26.1, ECE 43/46, AS2080) is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Human Resources Manager This role is for a Human Resources Manager at Caterpillar, focusing on strategic people initiatives, employee engagement, talent development, and performance management. It involves partnering with leadership, developing HR programs, providing guidance on employee relations, and analyzing HR data. The position requires a Bachelor's degree, business acumen, global perspective, and strong decision-making and leadership skills. Experience with Microsoft Office and Workday is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Manufacturing Specialist - 2nd Shift This role is for a Manufacturing Specialist at Caterpillar, focusing on operating and troubleshooting machine tooling for diesel engine production. It involves precision machining, quality control, inventory management, and reading technical drawings. The role is hands-on and requires experience in manufacturing and machining processes. | — | 0 |
| Digital Product Manager - Dealer Websites Product Manager for Dealer Websites at Caterpillar, focusing on gathering dealer feedback, coordinating with engineers, and resolving product issues for digital solutions. The role involves understanding business needs, managing software changes, and ensuring product success in a mature enterprise environment. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manager Production Oversees daily production operations at large or multiple manufacturing sites, ensuring efficient and smooth workflows. Leads staffing, development, and performance programs for operations staff. Ensures safety, scheduling, and performance standards are consistently met. Implements measures to enhance safety, reduce costs, and assure quality. Maintains regulatory compliance and a safe work environment. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field and fluent English. Top candidates have expertise in staff/supervisory positions, supply chain, manufacturing operations, P&L management, quality systems (6 Sigma, Lean, etc.), manufacturing engineering, and machining technical knowledge. | — | 0 |
| Engineering Team Leader Engineering Team Lead for Gas/Dual Fuel Software Planning Team, coordinating concurrent software development projects for specific engine platforms. Responsibilities include requirements gathering, timeline communication, resource alignment, issue resolution, and managing program budgets. Requires a degree in Engineering and 5+ years of experience. | — | 0 |
| FP&A Analyst FP&A Analyst role at Caterpillar, focusing on financial planning, analysis, and reporting. Requires strong analytical and decision-making skills, with experience in financial systems and Power BI being a plus. The role involves advising on accounting methodology and conducting complex financial analysis for business decisions. | — | 0 |
| Territory Manager The Territory Manager is responsible for driving sales of MWM products and services within the assigned industry segment, working closely with partners, customers, public entities, and sector organizations. The primary mission of this role is to develop business opportunities, strengthen partner sales capabilities, and support overall segment growth. | — | 0 |
| 3rd Shift Assembly Production Manager This role is for a 3rd Shift Assembly Production Manager at Caterpillar's Sanford, NC facility. The manager will lead a team in improving processes and systems for manufacturing compact track loaders. Responsibilities include overseeing production lines, preparing schedules, resolving issues, ensuring safety and quality standards, implementing Lean Manufacturing and 6 Sigma, and managing workforce training. The role requires strong performance management, planning, organizing, communication, and problem-solving skills. | — | 0 |