Senior Autonomy System Designer / Concepteur Principal De Systèmes D’autonomie

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Laval, QC

Senior Autonomy System Designer responsible for the strategy, architecture, and execution of advanced robotic and autonomous systems at Caterpillar. This role involves translating business needs into scalable robotics solutions, leading cross-functional teams, and integrating emerging technologies like AI/ML. The focus is on designing, developing, and deploying these systems, ensuring their reliability, scalability, and performance in real-world environments.

What you'd actually do

  1. Translate business requirements into end-to-end robotics system designs, defining functional requirements, system architecture, and integration strategies for autonomous solutions.
  2. Act as a subject matter expert and technical leader, guiding engineering teams through complex software development challenges, design decisions, and system trade-offs.
  3. Lead the system design, development, implementation, and release of robotics system, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with product and platform strategies.
  4. Champion quality and compliance by participating in and leading test design and reviews, analysis, witnessing, and certification activities to ensure robust system performance in real-world environments.
  5. Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies, including AI/ML, connectivity, and sensing, to continuously enhance the capabilities of the robotics software system portfolio.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (electrical, software, computer) or equivalent experience
  • Fluency in English and French (both written and spoken)
  • Communicating Complex Concepts
  • Effective Communications
  • Managing Multiple Priorities
  • Technical Excellence
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Influencing Through Expertise
  • Software Product Design/Architecture

What the JD emphasized

  • AI/ML

Other signals

  • design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge robotics systems
  • integrating AI/ML, connectivity, and sensing
  • robotics software with existing infrastructure, embedded systems, communication networks, and enterprise platforms