Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a perception engineer to develop cutting-edge autonomous and operator-assisted driving systems for their mobile off-road machines, addressing the clear customer demand for autonomy in mining and construction.
Requirements
- Have a working knowledge of mobile robotics perception for autonomy or advanced operator assist systems.
- This includes a working knowledge of computer vision, machine learning and deep learning techniques and familiarity with lidar, radar and cameras as perception sensors.
- Design, write, test and review autonomy and advanced operator assist perception software
- Have a working knowledge of the Agile software development life cycle, the C++ and Python programming languages, Eigen, Azure DevOps or Jira for project management and work item tracking, standard software development tools (CMake, Git, SonarQube, Docker, GoogleTest, Artifactory, Clang) used in development of mobile robot perception systems.
- Knowledge of cloud compute and storage tools, AWS EC2, S3, and Batch
- Knowledge of ROS or Caterpillar’s Autonomous Infrastructure Software (AIS), OpenCV, Tensorflow/PyTorch, and code development tools.
- Ability to solve complex issues spanning multiple subsystems.
Responsibilities
- Solve challenging perception problems for mobile off-road machines.
- Participate in design and development of high-quality perception software and algorithms to solve our customer needs.
- Document architecture specifications, software design, verification plans, test cases, operating procedures, and safety procedures.
- Work with application teams to collect and analyze data on customer experience with robotic and manned platforms.
- Work with others to analyze and annotate data for ML training.
- Participate in the iterative ML training cycles to meet perception requirements.
- Use appropriate tools to debug, test and maintain perception software and assist in the verification and validation process.
Other
- Requires a degree or multiple degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or related field
- Proven ability to work independently and within a team
- A passion for innovation and problem-solving
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Strong mathematics skills
