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.
Currently tracking 22 active AI roles, down 12% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $113k–$240k (avg $180k).
Industrial · Autonomous mining trucks
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agentic AI / AI Ops Engineer – Platform Engineering This role focuses on building and deploying production-grade Agentic AI and AI Ops solutions to enable intelligent, automated, and reliable platform operations. It involves designing and implementing agentic AI systems for multi-step workflows, building AI-driven automation for operations, and integrating AI solutions with platform infrastructure. | AgentServe | 8 |
| Lead Architect – Digital Twin & AI Factory Lead Architect for Digital Twin & AI Factory responsible for designing and implementing architecture solutions for simulation, digital twins, AI model development, and AI Factory operations. This role translates architectural vision into detailed solution designs, reusable patterns, and implementation guidance to accelerate AI model development, training, fine-tuning, validation, and deployment. It supports orchestration of AI Factory and simulation capabilities across the development lifecycle, ensuring seamless integration of compute resources, data pipelines, model workflows, and simulation environments for rapid experimentation and deployment. |
| DataPost-train |
| 8 |
| Autonomy Development Engineer Develops production quality C++ software for advanced, semi-autonomous, and autonomous solutions for heavy equipment, integrating positioning, planning, perception, and controls. Collaborates on design, coding, and validation, with a focus on solving real-world problems and bringing prototypes to production. Requires strong C++ skills, experience with robotics/automation projects, and knowledge of planning, positioning, or perception. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Autonomy Engineer Senior Autonomy Engineer role focused on developing and productionizing semi-autonomous and autonomous solutions for heavy equipment. Responsibilities include C++ software development, integrating positioning, planning, perception, and controls, and working with robotics frameworks like ROS. The role emphasizes converting research into production-ready systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Manager, Data Architecture Senior Manager, Data Architecture leading the organization responsible for building the data foundation that enables Physical AI, autonomy, digital twins, and next-generation intelligent systems. Defines and delivers data architecture, domains, products, and AI-ready data capabilities to transform machine, sensor, telemetry, simulation, and operational data into trusted assets that accelerate AI development and autonomous system innovation. Accountable for how data is organized, managed, and delivered, ensuring engineers and data scientists can efficiently develop, train, fine-tune, validate, and deploy next-generation AI models while accelerating innovation through scalable and reusable data products. Establishes scalable data patterns supporting the full Physical AI lifecycle, including data collection, ingestion, processing, quality, governance, annotation, and availability for model training, fine-tuning, simulation, and deployment. Ensures high-quality data flows seamlessly from physical machines and environments into AI development ecosystems and back into continuously improving intelligent systems. | DataPost-train | 7 |
| Principal Software Engineer – Physical AI, Autonomy & Data Platform Engineering Principal Software Engineer to lead technical strategy and engineering execution for large-scale data ingestion and processing platforms supporting physical AI and autonomous systems. This role involves designing scalable, cloud-native solutions for high-volume sensor and telematics data, partnering with architects and product owners to define reusable data platform capabilities for advanced analytics, machine learning, and autonomy initiatives. It's a hands-on technical leadership role operating at the frontier of physical AI and autonomy engineering, requiring adaptability in ambiguous and evolving technical domains. | Data | 7 |
| Autonomy Development Engineer Develops production quality C++ software for advanced, semi-autonomous, and autonomous solutions for heavy equipment, focusing on positioning, planning, perception, and controls. Collaborates on design, documentation, coding, quality, and validation. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Autonomy Development Engineer Senior Autonomy Development Engineer role focused on developing and bringing to production semi-autonomous and autonomous solutions for heavy equipment, integrating positioning, planning, perception, and controls. Requires strong C++ development, problem-solving, and experience in robotics/autonomy. | Agent | 7 |
| Data Scientist Data Scientist role focused on developing data-driven solutions for dealer inventory management and customer service outcomes. The role involves collecting, processing, and analyzing large datasets, applying ML, NLP, and text analytics, developing scalable data models, and collaborating with stakeholders to translate business problems into analytical solutions. It also includes generating insights using data visualization tools and researching improvements to models and algorithms, working with platforms like Python, SQL, Snowflake, and Azure. | Post-train | 7 |
| Site Manager – Autonomous Mining Technology This role is for a Site Manager focused on autonomous mining technology, specifically Command for Hauling operations. The manager will lead on-site autonomy roles, drive performance metrics, influence product groups, and act as a trusted advisor to the customer and internal stakeholders to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the Autonomous Haulage System (AHS). | Agent | 7 |
| Analyst Applications – ServiceNow Conversational & GenAI This role leads the design, development, and continuous improvement of conversational AI solutions within ServiceNow, focusing on Virtual Agent and generative AI capabilities like Now Assist. The primary focus is on building agentic, intent-driven experiences, integrating LLM-powered skills, and operationalizing AI features for customer service and IT support. The role involves end-to-end delivery, technical leadership, backlog prioritization, and ensuring quality execution, including responsible AI practices and evaluation. | AgentServe | 7 |
| Back Office Engineering Manager Engineering Manager for Caterpillar's autonomous mining systems back-office platform. Responsibilities include leading a team in the development and architectural design of the platform, covering areas like autonomous driving operations statistics and management, dispatch systems and algorithm development, map creation and management, digital twins, data analysis and efficiency optimization, user interface, network integration, server architecture, data storage and algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence applications, and remote control switching. The role requires strong experience in back-office system development, team management, and technical skills in distributed systems, algorithms, and ML frameworks. | AgentData | 7 |
| Principal Data Architect The Principal Digital Architect for Data is responsible for defining the data architecture that enables Physical AI and autonomous systems to learn, reason, and operate at scale. This role establishes the data domains, canonical data models, data products, and architectural standards that transform vast amounts of jobsite, machine, sensor, telemetry, simulation, and operational data into trusted, reusable assets for AI development and autonomy. The architect provides technical leadership for how data is organized, managed, and delivered across the enterprise, ensuring engineers and data scientists can efficiently develop, train, fine-tune, validate, and deploy next-generation AI models. | Data | 7 |
| Autonomy Engineering Development Specialist Engineering specialist role focused on developing, implementing, and testing algorithms for autonomous and operator-assisted driving systems for mobile off-road machines. Requires experience in mobile robotics, computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, and embodied AI, with strong C++ and Python programming skills. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Autonomy Engineer Senior Autonomy Engineer role focused on developing and productionizing localization algorithms for autonomous and semi-autonomous systems, utilizing perception, inertial, and GNSS inputs. Requires strong C++ and Python skills, experience with filtering solutions (Kalman, Extended Kalman), and knowledge of robotics frameworks like ROS. | Agent | 7 |
| Lead Data Scientist Lead Data Scientist at Caterpillar Digital in Slovakia, focusing on developing condition monitoring models using machine learning and time-series sensor data to predict equipment failures and estimate remaining useful life. The role involves leading a team, exploring and implementing ML/AI/GenAI projects, and collaborating with management and leadership. | Data | 7 |
| Autonomy Application Architect The Autonomy Application Architect at Caterpillar is responsible for the overall vehicle-level solution for autonomous machines. This role involves leading a team of autonomy engineers and collaborating with specialists to design, implement, and deliver autonomous systems for real-world applications. The architect will identify and evaluate state-of-the-art technologies, break down solutions into actionable tasks, perform risk/benefit analysis, and manage phased delivery plans from simulation to production release. They will also triage and resolve system-level issues. | Agent | 7 |
| Perception deployment engineer This role focuses on deploying, optimizing, and validating deep learning perception models on embedded platforms for autonomous mining vehicles. It involves using tools like TensorRT and CUDA for inference acceleration, performance analysis, and system-level engineering in a Linux Embedded environment. Collaboration with algorithm, fusion, system, and hardware teams is crucial for integration and evolution, as well as problem-solving during full-process debugging and testing. | Serve | 7 |
| Data Scientist Data Scientist role focused on performing analytical tasks and initiatives on large datasets to support data-driven business decisions and product development. The role involves data gathering, processing, exploring semantic data capabilities using NLP and ML, defining data analysis requirements, presenting insights, and researching data model optimization and algorithms. It emphasizes a data-driven product development culture and enhancing customer engagements. | Data | 7 |
| Data Engineer, Cat Digital Data & AI Data Engineer responsible for developing Python data pipelines to build business data objects, leveraging GenAI developer tools and frameworks like LangChain for enhanced productivity and problem-solving in an enterprise AI context. | Data | 5 |
| Senior Software Engineer-Data Engineering This role focuses on building and maintaining scalable data pipelines on AWS, with a strong emphasis on Snowflake, graph databases, and vector databases. The engineer will design, develop, and optimize solutions for AI-driven use cases, including RAG and integrating vector databases with LLM applications. Experience with data ingestion for unstructured sources and knowledge graph pipelines is also crucial. | DataAgent | 5 |
| Controls Systems Senior Engineer This role focuses on developing and integrating Autonomy and Productivity capabilities for Caterpillar's Motor Grader team, advancing Machine Safety, Productivity, and Autonomy solutions. It involves developing algorithms for sensing, planning, and control to support machine automation, and potentially integrating AI & deep learning solutions. | Agent | 5 |
| Autonomy Validation Engineer The Autonomy Validation Engineer role focuses on integrating, validating, and troubleshooting autonomy hardware and software systems for autonomous machines. This includes onboard and offboard systems, planning, perception, and positioning technologies, and supporting infrastructure like ML development pipelines. The role involves developing MATLAB/Simulink models, configuring dSPACE SCALEXIO benches, designing wiring harnesses, integrating communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet), validating sensor simulations (LiDAR, Radar, Camera, GPS, IMU), and driving troubleshooting efforts. A strong understanding of AI concepts and experience with complex autonomous vehicle systems are required. | Agent | 5 |
| Solution Consultant-Continuous Improvement & Automation This role partners with business stakeholders to identify, design, and implement technology-enabled solutions that enhance processes, automate reporting, and scale AI-driven capabilities. The focus is on translating business needs into scalable digital solutions aligned with enterprise strategy, driving efficiency, standardization, and data-driven decision-making. | Agent | 5 |
| Lead Software Engineer - Search Lead Software Engineer for eCommerce Search at Caterpillar, responsible for technical direction and execution of advanced search solutions. This role involves defining technical strategy, mentoring engineers, introducing advanced capabilities like NLP and vector search, optimizing search performance with KPIs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role requires experience with search products (OpenSearch, ElasticSearch, etc.), distributed systems, programming (Java, Python, Scala), AI code generation tools, and applying ML to improve search relevance. | Agent | 5 |
| Software Engineer Software Engineer on the Data Engineering team responsible for developing Python data pipelines that build business data objects used to support applications. Experience with AWS, Snowflake, and GenAI developer tools is a plus. | — | 5 |
| Controls System Senior Engineer This role focuses on integrating advanced control systems for Medium Wheel Loaders, with a strong emphasis on autonomy, connectivity, and electrification. The engineer will support new technology introduction projects, define and deliver control systems and UI/UX features, and perform on-machine evaluations. A key aspect is staying current with innovative technologies like machine learning algorithms, adaptive controls, and vision/perception systems, and mentoring junior engineers. | Agent | 5 |
| Data Analytics / Machine Learning Analyst Performs analytical tasks and leads data initiatives on large volumes of data to generate insights that support data-driven business decisions, leveraging statistical analysis, data modeling, visualization, NLP, and machine learning techniques. | Data | 5 |
| Senior Autonomy Middleware Engineer Senior Autonomy Middleware Engineer at Caterpillar, focusing on developing the core autonomy development framework for on-board applications in harsh mining and construction environments. The role involves designing, coding, and validating production-quality C++ software, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and integrating hardware and software solutions. Experience with AI concepts, ROS, and C++ development in Linux environments is required. | Agent | 5 |
| Principal Architect IT – Product Engineering This role is for a Principal IT Enterprise Architect focused on Product Engineering at Caterpillar. The primary responsibility is to shape the strategic direction of global Engineering platforms and systems, driving digital Engineering initiatives and technology modernization. The role involves influencing enterprise technology decisions, guiding the digital thread transformation, enabling AI-driven engineering, and ensuring alignment with business objectives. Key areas include defining future-state architecture for modern engineering platforms with an AI-first approach, leading integration strategies, and evaluating emerging technologies. | — | 5 |
| Manager Software Engineering Manager of Software Engineering at Caterpillar Digital, leading teams to deliver innovative digital solutions leveraging AI capabilities for customers and dealers. The role involves overseeing design, development, and implementation of complex solutions, providing technical direction, and managing team performance. Experience with generative AI principles and product implementation is a plus. | — | 5 |
| 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 |
| Platform Engineer - On Prem Kubernetes Platform Seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate a next-generation on-premise Kubernetes platform supporting mission-critical applications. This role involves modernizing software delivery using Generative AI and agentic development tools, acting as a human-in-the-loop technical leader for AI-assisted engineering. | ServeAgent | 5 |
| Manufacturing Project Engineer The role focuses on researching, developing, and deploying physical automation technologies in manufacturing, including robotics, machine learning, and vision systems, to improve process capability, efficiency, quality, and cost. It involves evaluating existing processes, designing and testing automation concepts, and supporting installation and commissioning. | Serve | 5 |
| Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering – Factory & Product Assurance Senior Manager role responsible for defining, building, and scaling cybersecurity engineering and assurance programs across industrial manufacturing environments, operational technology (OT), and embedded product ecosystems. Drives integration of cybersecurity into factory operations and connected products by establishing vision, strategy, and execution models. Leverages AI and automation to enhance security control assessments and assurance activities. | — | 5 |
| Data Scientist Data Scientist role focused on developing data-driven solutions for dealer inventory management and customer service outcomes within Caterpillar's Product Support and Logistics Division. Responsibilities include data collection, processing, analysis, developing data models, applying ML/NLP techniques, collaborating with stakeholders, generating insights, and researching improvements to analytical approaches using modern data platforms. | Data | 5 |
| Automation Engineer This role supports the design, development, and testing of intelligent automation solutions, including AI agents and digital workflows. The engineer will implement predefined agent behaviors, prompts, and integrations under guidance, while also contributing to IT operational services. The role combines emerging AI capabilities with foundational IT operations, enabling gradual growth into more advanced automation and agent development. | Agent | 5 |
| IT Analyst - Applications This role focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing AI-driven and automated solutions for Enterprise Asset Management (EAM). It involves identifying processes for automation, designing workflows for AI/ML capabilities, building data structures using various sources and the IT Data Lake, and leveraging Python and PowerShell for analysis and insights. The role also includes creating and maintaining Power BI reports, PowerApps, and Flows. | Data | 5 |
| Lean Value Stream Transformation & Automation Lead Lead enterprise-wide transformation of Service Operations by orchestrating Lean Value Stream Transformation (VST) initiatives, identifying and optimizing workflows. Drive AI-enabled solutions (AI agents, automations, workflows) in collaboration with development teams, ensuring deployment, adoption, and scaling across the organization. Establish governance, standards, and metrics for Lean operations, automation, and AI enablement. | Agent | 5 |
| Azure Cloud Engineer This role focuses on designing, building, and operating Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services that support enterprise-scale AI and machine learning workloads. The engineer will deploy and integrate Azure AI services, automate infrastructure, and manage PaaS solutions, acting as a technical contact for Azure platform services. The role emphasizes automation, DevOps, and problem-solving within a global, distributed environment, with a focus on enabling AI integration and modernizing enterprise technology platforms. | ServeAgent | 5 |
| Autonomy Engineering Development Specialist This role focuses on designing, developing, and testing software architecture for remote control and autonomy systems on embedded platforms, utilizing AUTOSAR and Embedded C/C++. It involves integrating AI concepts into machine applications, with a strong emphasis on software architecture, real-time embedded control, and functional safety within the robotics domain. | Agent | 5 |
| Quality Enterprise Capability Owner This role focuses on developing and deploying quality visibility and predictive capabilities within a manufacturing context, aiming to improve operational excellence. It involves partnering with various teams to embed quality requirements, define standards, and analyze data for proactive decision-making. While AI integration is mentioned, the core function is quality management and process improvement in manufacturing. | — | 5 |
| Quality Analyst This role supports the integration of AI-driven and agentic solutions into quality processes within Caterpillar's Product Support and Logistics Division. The Quality Analyst will focus on data mining, analytics, and digitalization to improve quality and efficiency, contributing to the development and deployment of the Global Quality roadmap. | Agent | 5 |
| ALTERNANCE (Master) Développeur Solutions Digitales et IA pour les Processus Achats F/H (Réf 06-2026) This role focuses on developing, deploying, and maintaining digital solutions using Microsoft Power Platform and a central data storage (datalake) to simplify and enhance purchasing processes. A key aspect involves leveraging AI to improve efficiency, such as automating inspection plan governance. | Agent | 5 |
| 2026校园招聘-智能智造数据分析工程师 Entry-level role for recent graduates to build and optimize data-driven solutions for manufacturing processes, focusing on data collection, analysis, predictive modeling, and visualization using tools like Python, SQL, and Power BI. | Data | 5 |
| Lead Frontend Engineer - Gaming Lead Frontend Engineer for gaming applications at Caterpillar, focusing on tablet-first design for visualizing and controlling autonomous systems. This role involves defining frontend architecture, building real-time interactive UIs with 3D visualization, and collaborating with AI/robotics teams. Experience with Angular, Ionic, WebGL, and real-time data systems is required, with exposure to AI/ML systems and autonomous systems being a plus. | — | 5 |
| Lead Software Engineer - Data Engineering Lead Software Engineer for Data Engineering at Caterpillar, focusing on building a next-generation Digital Manufacturing Data Platform. The role involves leading a team, architecting scalable data solutions using Snowflake, Kafka, Spark, and cloud services (Azure/AWS), and enabling advanced analytics and AI capabilities. Requires expertise in Big Data, Data Warehousing, real-time data movement, and CI/CD. | — | 5 |
| Engineering Manager, IAM Platform (Ops, SRE & AI Enablement) Engineering Manager for IAM Platform focusing on Ops, SRE, and AI Enablement. The role involves managing the identity infrastructure, implementing SRE principles, driving automation, and integrating AI/ML for threat detection and access control. The team will explore and implement intelligent solutions for automated threat detection, risk-based access control, and streamlining governance processes. | Agent | 5 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer on the Data Engineering team responsible for developing Python data pipelines that build business data objects used to support applications. The role involves interpreting design requirements, building and deploying CICD pipelines, implementing source to target mapping, and performing unit and integration testing. While the company mentions AI capabilities and the role has 'Considerations For Top Candidates' that include GenAI developer tools and AI coding assistants, the core responsibilities are focused on traditional data engineering and software development, not directly shipping AI models or agents. | — | 1 |
| Principal IT Architect - Manufacturing and Quality This role is for a Principal IT Architect focused on Manufacturing and Quality at Caterpillar. The architect will shape the strategic direction of global manufacturing and quality systems, drive enterprise-wide digital manufacturing initiatives, and lead technology modernization strategies, enabling AI Driven operations and next-generation manufacturing innovation. Responsibilities include leading architecture strategy for smart factory and Industry 4.0 initiatives, guiding modernization of manufacturing systems, enabling scalable digital capabilities through Industrial IoT, automation, analytics, AI, Digital Twins, and connected platforms, and defining future-state architecture for modern Manufacturing platforms including AI first thinking. | — | 1 |