Autonomy Systems Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.•Mossville, IL

2d•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. The role contributes to the design, integration, and implementation of system capabilities within the Site Technology ecosystem across surface, underground, and construction domains. This role supports the development of scalable, reusable system solutions by applying systems engineering practices in collaboration with senior engineers, architects, and product teams. The Autonomy Engineer operates with autonomy, applying established architecture, system patterns, and engineering standards to deliver consistent and reliable solutions. The role emphasizes applied technical experience, problem solving, and effective collaboration to support product and industry execution while aligning with enterprise systems engineering practices.

Requirements

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.
Industry Knowledge: Applied experience within CI or RI industry groups, including understanding of industry trends, regulatory considerations, and operational constraints. Ability to apply industry experience pragmatically to diverse and ambiguous technical situations, rather than relying solely on documented standards.
Problem Solving: Extensive experience recognizing, anticipating, and resolving complex system, organizational, or process problems. Ability to apply engineering judgment in situations with incomplete data, competing priorities, and long-term consequences.
Application Development Tools: Hands-on experience with application and system development tools, architecture, and modeling approaches used to design and validate large-scale systems. Ability to select and apply appropriate tools based on problem context rather than tool familiarity alone.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant engineering related field.
Proven experience as a Systems Engineer; creating requirements on software/hardware product development projects.
Strong experience with Process/Solution engineering
Prior experience in Construction or Mining preferred
Previous experience with onboard/embedded software development preferred
Experience with CAT Products and Tools preferred

Responsibilities

Contribute to systems engineering activities across site, machine, and technology domains, supporting consistency and reuse across industries and products
Develop and maintain system-level requirements, interfaces, and documentation for common domains such as surface management, operator management, asset management, material management, safety, and assignment & optimization under guidance from senior engineers.
Participate in system architecture design and validation activities, including analysis, modeling, and trade studies, applying engineering fundamentals and learning to balance technical and product constraints
Support the creation and maintenance of system engineering artifacts for site solutions (e.g., mining, quarry & aggregates, construction), ensuring alignment with established system patterns and architectures.
Collaborate with industry-specific teams (surface hauling, underground, construction, quarry & aggregates) to implement solutions that align with common system interfaces and architectural guidance.
Participate in technical reviews and design discussions, incorporating feedback to improve solution quality and system alignment.
Lead and participate in technical reviews, architectural governance forums, and roadmap planning, applying senior judgment to protect long-term system integrity across industries.
Continuously develop systems engineering skills through collaboration, feedback, and exposure to cross-domain solutions.