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Engineering

Job Description:

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Autonomy System Engineer

Position Summary

Caterpillar’s Autonomy and Automation Product Group is seeking a System Engineer to define, integrate, and validate end-to-end system solutions across onboard and offboard products for autonomy and site operations in the construction and mining industries. The role works across software, hardware, cloud, and connectivity domains to translate business and customer needs into scalable, secure, and high-quality system solutions under the Cat MineStar® and related autonomy platforms.





This role collaborates closely with product owners, system architects, and cross-functional engineering teams to establish explicit system architectures, guide integration and validation, and resolve complex system-level issues across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain end-to-end system architecture across onboard and offboard components, including system boundaries, interfaces, and interactions.
- Translate business and product requirements into system requirements and high-level system designs.
- Lead system integration across multiple software and hardware subsystems, reusing existing capabilities where possible.
- Provide technical leadership during system integration, validation, and deployment, including support for field and production issues.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to groom requirements, align delivery commitments, and support system-level decision making.
- Support failur

📌 Autonomy Sr Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Caterpillar
📍 Chennai