# AI Runtime Engineer

Career Area: Technology, Digital and DataJob Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining 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 don't just 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. AI 运行时工程师 AI Runtime Engineer 岗位概述 负责自动驾驶机器和现场边缘计算平台上的 AI Runtime 与推理基础设施，使 ML、VLA 和 LLM 模型能够以高性能、低延迟、可诊断和可扩展的方式运行，并支持多种计算硬件和机器平台。 岗位职责 AI Runtime 建设： 设计和开发统一的模型加载、执行、版本切换、资源管理、健康监控和诊断能力，支撑 Perception、Prediction、VLA 和边缘 LLM 等模型运行。 模型工程化： 将 PyTorch 等训练模型转换、优化并集成到目标运行环境，支持 ONNX、TensorRT、TensorRT-LLM 或其他目标推理框架。 推理性能优化： 优化端到端推理延迟、吞吐量、内存、带宽、功耗和计算资源使用，应用 FP16 / INT8、Quantization、Distillation、Pruning 和 Kernel Optimization 等技术。 硬件与平台适配： 适配 GPU、NPU、SoC 和其他 AI Accelerator，支持不同 DCU、现场 Edge Server 和未来机器平台的部署需求。 VLA 与边缘 LLM 支持： 建设面向 Vision-Language-Action 和本地 LLM 的运行环境，支持多模态输入、Context / State 管理、实时 Action 输出及与传统 Planning / Control 的接口。 可靠性与可观测性： 建立 Runtime 性能基线

- **Id**: 3723642
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-ai-runtime-engineer>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Wuxi, China, Shanghai, China
- **Countries**: CN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T04:05:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T08:05:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2264
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 176554
- **Name**: Caterpillar
- **Domain**: caterpillar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/caterpillar>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 97
- **Open postings**: 146
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.103
- **Repost share**: 0.021
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CUDA** — Optional: no
- **Knowledge Distillation** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Model Distillation** — Optional: no
- **ONNX** — Optional: no
- **ONNX Runtime** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Quantization** — Optional: no
- **TensorRT** — Optional: no
- **TensorRT-LLM** — Optional: no
- **Vision-Language-Action** — Optional: no
- **VLM** — Optional: no
- **World Models** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T04:05:59Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:9, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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