C++ Architect

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining 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 dontjust 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 Definition
Leads the design development testing and architectural oversight of safetycritical autonomy applications; collaborates with crossfunctional teams to meet internal and external needs.

Responsibilities
Designing safetycritical features endtoend translating requirements into technical designs for sensor data processing object detection threat assessment and automated safety responses
Guiding teams on realtime embedded software design practices ensuring components are modular testable and maintainable.
Documenting architecture specifications software design descriptions verification plans test cases operating procedures and safety procedures.
Supporting developers in building and validating detection and decisionmaking algorithms across multiple vehicle and machine configurations
Utilizing appropriate tools to debug test and maintain software and hardware systems leading verification and validation activities.
Lead design and code reviews with focus on safety correctness numerical stability and handling of degraded or missing data

Degree Requirement
Requires a degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science curriculum.
More than 10 years of relevant industry experience in developing C applications

Skill Descriptors

RealTime Systems Integration
Knowledge of realtime system architecture and multisystem integration across sensing compute and actuation domains.
Level Working Knowledge:
Designs and validates endtoend data flows meeting realtime latency and throughput requirements.
Integrates software across CAN Ethernet and middleware in multiECU architectures.
Diagnoses timing synchronization and dataconsistency issues in distributed systems.
Defines interface contracts including schemas timing budgets and failure modes.
Evaluates systemlevel tradeoffs between compute load bandwidth and safety margins.

Artificial Intelligence & Sensor Fusion
Knowledge of AI and sensor fusion concepts and methods with awareness of applicable industry standards and safety expectations; ability to develop and apply perception and prediction algorithms for autonomous systems.
Level Working Knowledge:
Designs and implements sensor fusion pipelines integrating radar camera and lidar data into a unified world model.
Develops and tunes object detection tracking and prediction algorithms for realtime autonomous decisionmaking in safetycritical contexts.
Evaluates tradeoffs between algorithmic accuracy latency computational cost and systemlevel safety constraints on embedded platforms.
Applies probabilistic and statistical techniques to noisy sensor data accounting for uncertainty and failure modes.
Supports validation of perception and prediction systems against ground truth field data and applicable standards or guidelines.
Mentors others on integrating AI/ML components into safetycritical software architectures.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Knowledge of SDLC methodologies with ability to deliver validate and manage highquality software products.
Level Working Knowledge:
Applies multiple vendorprovided or inhouse SDLC methodologies with testing embedded across all phases.
Converts requirements into robust reviewable designs with explicit verification and testability considerations.
Leads activities across all SDLC phases including design implementation integration testing validation and release.
Defines and executes test strategies plans and cases to validate functionality error handling reliability and failure modes.
Evaluates and consults on effective SDLC and testing practices using iterative and agile approaches.

Software Development
Knowledge of programming languages tools and Linuxbased development; ability to design implement debug and maintain software for embedded and distributed systems.
Level Working Knowledge:
Designs and develops software on Linux platforms including embedded and systemlevel components.
Applies modern C (C11/14/17) including concurrency RAII smart pointers and memorysafe patterns in Linux environments.
Uses Linux debugging and profiling tools to diagnose functional and performance issues.
Oversees large development efforts aligned with system and architectural design.
Evaluates programming tradeoffs across performance memory safety and maintainability.
Coaches junior engineers on programming best practices and Linux workflows.

Problem Solving & Technical Troubleshooting
Knowledge of structured problemsolving methods and advanced troubleshooting techniques across organizational hardware software and system domains; ability to resolve highimpact issues.
Level Working Knowledge:
Leads structured problem resolution and rootcause analysis for complex highimpact issues.
Analyzes complex technical problems and applies appropriate diagnostic techniques based on context and impact.
Resolves critical or wideimpact hardware software and communication failures.
Drives urgency prioritization and decisionmaking based on business impact.
Directs crossteam and multivendor issue resolution and coach others on advanced troubleshooting techniques.

Additional Information
This position requires working onsite five days a week.

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