Autonomy Validation Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.•Mossville, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Cat Technology collaborates with partners across the Caterpillar enterprise to advance technologies including autonomy and automation, which helps enhance site safety, productivity and efficiency across customer operations worldwide. Cat Technology also owns enterprise-wide initiatives in innovation, research and development, manufacturing automation and advanced materials, ensuring Caterpillar continues to lead the industry in technological excellence and engineering innovation. The Autonomy Validation Engineer assists in the writing and execution of test plans for robotics software development; documents, troubleshoots, and debugs any issues found during testing; collaborates with senior engineers to ensure that internal and external clients' needs are met.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science
Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.
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.
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.

Nice To Haves

Proven experience in Hardware and Software Validation, including hands-on mechanical work
Systems Integration experience for end-to-end systems including but not limited to hardware, software, electronics, hydraulics, etc preferred
Experience in Construction / Mining Industry preferred
Experience with safety systems and/or robotics (Perception, Planning, or Positioning systems)
Prior experience with Back Office applications such as Minestar Office
Experience testing on machines in the field in a day-to-day setting

Responsibilities

Documenting architecture specifications, software design description, verification plans, test cases, operating procedures, and safety procedures.
Utilizing appropriate tools to debug, test and maintain software and hardware systems; completing the verification and validation process.
Participating in design and development of application software and algorithms for robotic platforms.
Execute testing on machines in the field on a daily basis.