Senior Autonomy Systems Engineer

Systems Engineering Experience: Demonstrated experience leading system requirements development and management across complex, multi-team or multi-product environments. Proven experience defining system architecture, interfaces, and integration strategies that scale across platforms and industries. Experience making architectural trade-offs and influencing technical direction beyond a single team or product.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace.

Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.

Application Development Tools: Knowledge of application and system development; ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for developing applications.

Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation .

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field – or commensurate industry experience.

Proven experience as a Systems Engineer on software and/or hardware product development programs; onboard or embedded systems preferred

Experience developing system requirements and supporting integration and testing efforts; collaboration with other engineering teams

Proven experience in mentoring or influencing other systems engineers

Experience with field testing, HIL and providing ground support preferred

Experience supporting L6/L8 requirements decomposition

Domain experience with Loaders, Haul Trucks, Dozers and Shovels preferred

Experience with Site Autonomy Platforms preferred

Experience with Construction and Mining industry preferred

Experience supporting embedded / onboard development for robotics or autonomy products preferred.

This position is to work onsite at our Mossville, IL office.

Some teams may also work out of our Irving, TX or Tucson, AZ offices.

Relocation assistance may be available for this position.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position

This position may require travel up to 15%

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Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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