Overview
The Senior Manager, Software Engineering at Caterpillar leads engineering teams responsible for simulation integration, physical AI platform integration, digital twin systems, geospatial/safety services, and customer‑facing simulation and visualization workflows. The role drives delivery, scales engineering execution, and establishes standards across multiple platform areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multiple engineering teams delivering simulation result services, platform integration services, geospatial/safety services, and digital twin integration capabilities.
- Define and execute the vision for scalable and secure platform services and APIs that promote reuse, reduce duplication, and improve developer productivity.
- Collaborate closely with product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders to align platform capabilities with long‑term enterprise strategy and evolving customer needs.
- Drive the design and development of platform services/APIs with reusability in mind, balancing immediate business needs with future use cases.
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve organizational efficiencies.
Qualifications & Skills
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead high‑performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability and innovation.
- Deep understanding of designing reusable platform services (shared APIs, common frameworks, foundational services) to enable downstream product teams to scale.
- Proven expertise in designing and delivering scalable, cloud‑native distributed systems, platform services, and APIs, and driving engineering best practices across quality, performance, reliability, security, and automation.
- Operational excellence: ability to detect systemic issues early, manage risk proactively, and drive corrective actions across teams and services.
- Experience with NVIDIA ecosystem technologies such as Omniverse, OpenUSD/USD, Isaac Sim, or equivalent simulation/digital twin platforms.
- Practical experience leveraging AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to accelerate code generation, boilerplate reduction, and automated testing.
- Proven ability to set a clear platform and engineering vision and drive multiple complex initiatives in parallel within a large organization of 20+ software engineers.
Additional Details
This position requires the candidate to be based in Irving, TX (Dallas). Domestic relocation assistance, visa sponsorship, and other benefits are available.
Compensation & Benefits
Pay Range: $159,120.00 – $258,570.00. Compensation and benefits may vary based on factors such as market location, individual performance, and experience.
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off; 401(k) savings; HSA; FSA; health lifestyle programs; employee assistance program; voluntary benefits and discounts; career development; incentive bonus; disability and life insurance; parental leave; adoption benefits; tuition reimbursement. Benefits also apply to part‑time employees.
EEO Statement
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.
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