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Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc.
AerospaceConstructionManufacturing
Caterpillar Inc. is a global manufacturing company that develops heavy equipment and engines for construction, mining, energy, and other infrastructure-focused industries. Its product portfolio includes excavators, dozers, articulated trucks, and power systems, supported by advanced technology and a worldwide dealer network. Founded in 1925, the company combines long-standing industrial expertise with a focus on improving productivity and advancing more sustainable equipment and operations.
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AI Center of Excellence Manager — Caterpillar Onsite

Lead Caterpillar’s AI Center of Excellence in developing generative AI solutions, intelligent agents, and digital assistants. Direct engineering quality, delivery, and team performance across enterprise technology initiatives.

USUnited StatesILIllinoisTXTexas
$159,120 – $258,570 / year
On-siteFull-timeMiddleSeniorEnglish RequiredArtificial Intelligence
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformMicroservices

Description

  • Lead and coordinate Caterpillar IT’s AI Center of Excellence.
  • Develop advanced generative AI solutions, including intelligent agents and digital assistants.
  • Provide technical guidance and support aligned with company objectives.
  • Allocate resources to deliver projects on schedule and to a high standard.
  • Manage individual and team performance.
  • Identify training needs and support ongoing professional development.
  • Define and oversee engineering best practices.
  • Account for engineering product quality and ensure solutions are robust, reliable, and high quality.

Requirements

  • Advanced expertise with software development tools and processes.
  • Extensive understanding of software integration processes and functions.
  • Extensive knowledge of software quality assurance and testing practices.
  • Extensive knowledge of organizational leadership principles.
  • Substantial software engineering leadership experience managing AI and software teams in agile, matrixed environments.
  • Demonstrated success delivering generative AI solutions and enterprise-scale products across hybrid cloud and embedded or edge environments.
  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects in matrixed organizations.
  • Proven command of project management practices, including charters, scheduling, planning, and successful delivery.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical, organizational, project management, and team leadership abilities.
  • Extensive experience delivering software solutions at scale.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD, unit testing, integration testing, blue-green and canary deployments, and incident management.
  • Strong foundation in software engineering and distributed systems.
  • Understanding of scalable system design, APIs, microservices, and cloud or edge architectures.
  • Working knowledge of Azure, AWS, GCP, and on-premises AI clusters.
  • Experience with Snowflake and Cortex AI compute capabilities.
  • Deep expertise in generative AI system design, prompt engineering, agentic systems, vector databases, RAG, and LoRA fine-tuning.
  • Deep knowledge of generative AI model categories, including LLMs, SLMs, speech, multimodal, and real-time models.
  • Experience using LangChain and LangGraph.
  • Familiarity with MCP and A2A protocols.
  • Expertise in AI evaluation, model selection, benchmarking, and optimization.
  • Familiarity with generative AI evaluation methods, RAG quality assessment, output reliability, A/B testing, and human-in-the-loop validation.
  • Availability to work onsite five days per week.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and volunteer time.
  • 401(k) savings plans.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA).
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
  • Health and lifestyle programs.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Voluntary benefits and employee discounts.
  • Career development opportunities.
  • Incentive bonus.
  • Disability coverage.
  • Life insurance.
  • Parental leave.
  • Adoption assistance.
  • Tuition reimbursement.

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