Caterpillar
Industrial · Autonomous mining trucks
- HQ
- Irving, US
- Founded
- 1925
- Funding
- Public (CAT)
- Website
- caterpillar.com
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 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.
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).
Industrial · Autonomous mining trucks
| 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 |