Autonomy Engineering Specialist-1

Caterpillar Inc.•Irving, TX

1d•$128,470 - $208,770•Onsite

About The Position

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. Role Defines, designs, develops, and supports connectivity solutions enabling connected machines, digital services, remote operations, and autonomous systems. Provides technical leadership across networking, edge computing, cloud connectivity, telemetry, and data pipeline architectures. Leads technical design, implementation, validation, and operational support of connectivity platforms while influencing architecture decisions and engineering best practices.

Requirements

Connectivity Systems Engineering
Demonstrates expertise in connectivity technologies including cellular, satellite communication, edge computing, and industrial networking.
Designs and implements resilient communication architectures for distributed systems.
Evaluates connectivity technologies based on reliability, cost, scalability, and operational requirements.
Troubleshoots complex networking and communications issues across multiple technology stacks.
Provides technical leadership for connectivity platform development.
Software Product Design / Architecture
Demonstrates experience designing large-scale distributed systems and connectivity platforms.
Understands architectural patterns supporting edge-to-cloud communications.
Leads architecture reviews and technical design discussions.
Evaluates tradeoffs involving performance, reliability, security, and scalability.
Guides implementation of reusable and maintainable software solutions.
Cloud & Data Pipeline Engineering
Designs telemetry ingestion, processing, and data distribution architectures.
Develops solutions supporting real-time and batch data processing.
Understands event-driven systems, streaming platforms, and cloud-native architectures.
Collaborates with enterprise data teams to ensure high-quality data delivery and observability.
Optimizes data flows between machines, edge devices, and cloud systems.
Technical Excellence
Provides innovative solutions to challenging technical problems.
Maintains expertise in current and emerging technologies.
Applies engineering standards and best practices to solution development.
Leads technical reviews and provides guidance to development teams.
Serves as a technical resource for complex system integration efforts.
Strategic Thinking
Understands Connectivity organization objectives and technical priorities.
Identifies technology trends and opportunities impacting future platform capabilities.
Contributes recommendations supporting long-term technology strategy.
Evaluates technical alternatives against business and customer outcomes.
Understands ecosystem impacts beyond immediate project scope.
Influencing Through Expertise
Builds credibility through strong technical leadership and execution.
Influences engineering decisions through technical expertise and analysis.
Presents recommendations supported by technical evidence and operational data.
Mentors team members and promotes engineering excellence.
Collaborates effectively across engineering disciplines and stakeholder groups.
Communicating Complex Concepts
Explains complex networking, connectivity, and platform concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Clearly communicates solution tradeoffs and technical risks.
Tailors communications based on stakeholder needs and level of technical understanding.
Creates technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and design reviews.
Facilitates productive discussions across cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related field.
5+ years of experience in software engineering, connectivity engineering, network engineering, cloud engineering, or distributed systems.
Experience with: Starlink and satellite communications
LTE, LTE-M, NB-IoT, and 5G technologies
Private LTE or Private 5G environments
Telematics platforms and connected assets
Edge computing solutions
Cloud-native application architectures
Messaging and event streaming platforms
IoT device management and telemetry systems
Experience designing and supporting large-scale data pipelines.
Familiarity with autonomous systems, remote operations, and industrial IoT environments.
Demonstrated success leading complex technical initiatives and mentoring engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Leads the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of connectivity solutions across machine, site, edge, and cloud environments.
Develops software and infrastructure supporting machine telemetry, remote monitoring, autonomous operations, and digital services.
Evaluates and implements connectivity technologies including cellular (LTE/5G), satellite communications (Starlink), Wi-Fi, edge computing, and industrial networking solutions.
Designs reliable and scalable telemetry and data transport architectures from machines and edge devices to enterprise cloud platforms.
Collaborates with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Leads technical investigations and root cause analysis for connectivity, networking, and data pipeline issues.
Establishes engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices for connectivity solutions.
Reviews solution architectures and provides recommendations regarding scalability, resiliency, security, performance, and maintainability.
Mentors engineers and contributes technical leadership across project teams.
Supports integration of connectivity solutions with cloud platforms, data services, cybersecurity requirements, and enterprise systems.
Identifies emerging technologies and recommends innovations that improve platform capability and customer value.