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 12% 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 reference: agent orchestration, model serving, llm observability, inference infra, evals.
In the past 30 days, Caterpillar has posted 75 new AI-related roles. That is a +53% change versus the prior 30 days (49 → 75).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Manager - Engineering Transformation Manager leading a team to embed AI into engineering development, validation, and quality processes, delivering scalable, compliant, and high-impact AI-enabled solutions for productivity, quality, and cycle time improvements. Focuses on AI-assisted code generation, defect detection, SDLC optimization, and analytics automation, driving adoption and integrating AI into core engineering processes. | ShipAgent | 7 |
| Senior Autonomy Development Engineer - SOTIF Senior SOTIF Engineer for AI-enabled and autonomous systems, focusing on safety, risk mitigation, and evidence generation across the product lifecycle. Requires expertise in complex systems, autonomy, AI/ML, and safety standards. | Ship |
| 7 |
| Senior Autonomy Validation Engineer Develops, tests, and troubleshoots autonomy software systems for autonomous machines, focusing on onboard system validation, planning, perception, and positioning technologies. Involves data analysis, systems analysis, and continuous learning of industry trends. | Ship | 7 |
| Principal Digital Architect This Principal Digital Architect role focuses on defining and governing the architecture of large-scale digital platforms, with a specific emphasis on AI systems. The role involves owning end-to-end architecture solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and rapid delivery, while influencing enterprise technology strategy. Key responsibilities include creating AI reference architectures, assessing AI technologies, and guiding teams in taking AI systems from proof-of-concept to scaled production use, balancing classical ML, LLM-based approaches, and non-AI solutions. | ShipData | 7 |
| Senior Autonomy Project Team Lead Senior Autonomy Project Team Lead responsible for Validation Leadership of AI-powered autonomous solutions in the construction industry. This role focuses on Product Quality, driving efficiency in AI-based product validation, virtual product development, and hardware-in-the-loop. The lead will manage priorities, coordinate defect management, and lead continuous improvement initiatives. | Ship | 5 |
| Manufacturing Project Engineer The Manufacturing Project Engineer role at Caterpillar focuses on advancing operational performance by driving improvements in manufacturing processes, safety, and efficiency. This involves researching, developing, and deploying physical automation technologies, including robotics, automation systems, machine learning, and vision-based applications. The role supports projects across New Product Introduction (NPI) and Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), evaluates existing processes for automation opportunities, and designs, develops, and validates automation concepts. It also involves supporting installation, commissioning, and stabilization of automation equipment, applying problem-solving techniques, and collaborating with design engineering on Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Automation (DFA). The role also includes proposing and supporting research projects and communicating technical findings. | ShipServe | 5 |
| Software Engineer Software Engineer role focused on developing the Caterpillar eFlow application, which involves designing and engineering software solutions for machine energy consumption, resource planning, and scheduling. The role will incorporate GenAI processing and tooling to enhance developer productivity and requires experience with React, collaboration with backend/data engineers, testing strategies, and cybersecurity standards. Top candidates will have experience analyzing and applying GenAI solutions to business problems, understanding machine telemetry, and developing scheduling optimization solutions. | Ship | 5 |
| Manufacturing Project Engineer The Manufacturing Project Engineer role at Caterpillar focuses on driving operational excellence by leading projects to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and production stability in manufacturing. This involves supporting the development of modern manufacturing capabilities, leading initiatives for new product introductions and process improvements, and identifying opportunities to enhance operational efficiency. The role also bridges research and development with manufacturing, transitioning innovative ideas into scalable solutions using technical expertise and data-driven insights. Key responsibilities include deploying physical automation technologies, supporting projects in robotics, automation systems, asset connectivity, machine learning, and vision-based applications, evaluating processes for automation opportunities, designing and testing automation concepts, and supporting the installation and commissioning of automation equipment. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline and strong skills in decision-making, critical thinking, manufacturing engineering, and project management. | ShipServe | 5 |
| Autonomy Engineer This role focuses on the design, development, and testing of robotics software, including algorithms for robotic platforms, with a basic understanding of AI concepts and methodologies. The engineer will collaborate with senior engineers and participate in the full software development lifecycle for robotic systems. | Ship | 5 |
| Full Stack LLM Engineer – Data Scientist Full Stack LLM Engineer – Data Scientist role focused on developing and engineering end-to-end system features using Python, with a cloud-first and agile mindset, involving the full software development lifecycle. The role requires proficiency in Python and has a preference for experience with cloud and agile methodologies, front-end and back-end technologies, and databases. Machine Learning knowledge is listed as 'Working Knowledge'. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Data Scientist Senior Data Scientist at Caterpillar responsible for leading analytics initiatives, developing and validating predictive models using ML/AI, building analytics-ready datasets, creating dashboards, and operationalizing analytics solutions. The role involves partnering with various business units to deploy and adopt these solutions, ensuring data governance and using modern engineering practices. Experience with MLOps, LLMs/NLP, and driving business adoption is a plus. | Ship | 5 |