Career Area:

Engineering

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

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Caterpillar Inc. seeks Autonomy Engineering Specialist at its facility located at 105 47th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201.

Job Description: Act as a principal technical contributor to the autonomous system development, integration, or test efforts with a focus on both product and process. Direct and develop solutions for complex autonomy problems using systems focus and define and execute consistent development and test processes that will be shared and used by the extended team. Responsible for technical project delivery on complex programs which is the main focus of this role. Work closely with other Caterpillar engineering teams, and Engineering Support groups, as well as potential interaction with customers. Work with other teams and help remove roadblocks for issues that cross multiple organizations. Utilize development skills that will often require a combination of system design and application development skills. Strong focus on the technical needs in the autonomy area will likely include expertise in Path Planning, Perception and Positioning Technologies. Keep up to date with the fast-paced autonomy industry and the technologies that it uses and help decide which technologies are ready for deployment. Develop innovative and creative solutions as well as have the skills necessary to solve complex issues spanning multiple subsystems. Strong quality focus through design reviews and significant interaction with downstream integration points. Responsible for significant data analysis and systems analysis skills are needed to help troubleshoot complex issues from test or customer sites, and to examine information from test sites to improve overall systems performance. Mentor and train other engineers to help grow the overall team skill set. Manage development and keep up with industry trends and new technology breakthroughs through self/internet study as well as interaction with other autonomous engineers through conferences and papers. Telecommuting: 2.5 days/week. Travel: >2.5%.

Requirements : This position requires a master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics or a related field, plus 4 Years of experience in Robotics and Software Development or related occupation. Additionally, the applicant must have employment experience with: (1) Developing software for safety technical critical projects; (2) Utilizing C++ and python to write commercial large scale software products; (3) Performing large scale software development on distributed and GPU systems; (4) Developing software within a Unix/Linux environment; (5) Developing perception and/or mapping software using point clouds and/or radar and/or camera images for autonomous vehicles and mobile robots; (6) Developing large scale software in Agile environment; (7) Developing and implementing Machine Learning or Deep Learning models using Pytorch, Keras, or TensorFlow for autonomous driving applications; (8) Developing Machine Learning software pipelines and large scale multi sensor datasets; and (9) Coaching & mentoring of junior engineers and new employees.

Applicants who are interested in this position should apply via www.caterpillar.com/careers , search [Autonomy Engineering Specialist / R0000266948 ] . #LI-DNI

Posting Dates:

July 23, 2024 - November 24, 2024

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

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