# Principal Software Engineer - Simulation Data, Validation & Infrastructure

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. Summary At Caterpillar, technology has a purpose: to solve our customers' toughest challenges. Construction autonomy and Physical AI require trusted digital twins, high-fidelity simulation, scalable GPU computing, intelligent automation, and rigorous validation. This Principal Engineer role is a hands-on technical leadership position responsible for architecture, critical implementation, engineering standards, cross-team alignment, and mentoring. Role Purpose Lead the data, validation, and accelerated-computing foundation required to operate simulation at enterprise scale, connecting physical-machine evidence with virtual-machine behavior through r

- **Id**: 3906846
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-principal-software-engineer-simulation-data-validation-infrastructure>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Irving, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T20:12:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6880
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Parental leave, Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **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**: 140
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.107
- **Repost share**: 0.014
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 147760
- **Max**: 240110
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 240110

## Technologies

- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Claude** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **CoreWeave** — Optional: no
- **CUDA** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **Digital Twin** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Flink** — Optional: no
- **GitOps** — Optional: no
- **Grafana** — Optional: no
- **Helm** — Optional: no
- **HPC** — Optional: no
- **Isaac Lab** — Optional: no
- **Isaac Sim** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **NVIDIA Omniverse** — Optional: no
- **OpenTelemetry** — Optional: no
- **Physical AI** — Optional: no
- **Prometheus** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Synthetic Data** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Time Series** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T03:45:59Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 45; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 343 · green card filings: 92; Filings 12m: 343

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 240110
- **Is top pay**: yes

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