CAREER AREA:

Engineering

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best-in-class solutions, or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure.  Without a dedicated workforce, Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs.  Join us.

Job description

The Automation Engineer position develops, integrates, and/or troubleshoots autonomy software systems used for autonomous machines.  This may include complex autonomy onboard system design work, subsystem testing, or system integration.  It requires specific knowledge of machine systems or automation technologies such as Path Planning, Perception, and Positioning. The position uses technical automation knowledge that often must be combined with application/software development skills to develop high-quality automation software.

Strong knowledge of complex, existing external automation solutions and algorithms is necessary to help determine appropriateness, and if new algorithms are needed.  Knowledge of existing internal automation applications and libraries is important to drive consistency.  Much development work may be related to existing applications, therefore a strong ability to read and understand existing software is essential to developing updates and improvements.  Both new application development and modifications to existing code bases will be done, which requires significant software development skills.

Advanced data analysis and systems analysis efforts and skills are needed to help troubleshoot complex issues from test or customer sites, and to examine the information from test sites to improve overall systems performance.

Good communication is expected for technical status updates, subsystem reviews, and when working closely with other system developers, support teams, and testing staff in multiple geographic locations and organizations. 

Job Duties

• Translates complex program or subsystem requirements into actionable test/validation efforts. 

• Evaluates software requirements to determine the most comprehensive and effective methods of test and development.

• In order to validate and test the systems effectively, this position must work closely with software developers to understand the system requirements.

• This position's responsibilities include a strong quality focus on actual machine testing and significant interaction with upstream integration points including Software in the Loop (SIL), Hardware in the Loop (HIL), Simulation, and Substitute machine testing.

• Keeping up with industry trends and new technology breakthroughs is essential and require continuous learning through self/internet study, as well as interaction with other autonomous engineers through conferences and papers.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering or Computer Science curriculum.

1 year of experience with the design, development, or testing of complex autonomous vehicles.

Top Candidates Will Also Have

Advanced degree (i.e. Masters, PhD) in an Engineering or Computer Science related field.

Excellent analytical skills and the ability to perform complex assignments.

Linux operating system experience and a proven ability to read and understand code developed by others.

Strong problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and the ability to communicate technical information effectively.

Additional information

Relocation is not offered.

This position may require 10% travel.

Employee benefit details:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance.  We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details

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This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers.

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EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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