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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Autonomy Engineer (Product Owner) - **Company:** Caterpillar - **Location:** Mossville, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $112,710.0 - $183,140.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Computer Programming, Continuous Delivery, Data Integrity, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Scrum Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Software Application Programming, Programming Languages - **Published:** July 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gf3skn ## About the Role + Bachelor's degree in Engineering (electrical, software, computer) or equivalent experience in lieu of degree. + Fluency in English and French (both written and spoken) is preferred to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders and ensure accurate interpretation of information. + **Industry Knowledge:** Knowledge of the organization's industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply industry knowledge appropriately to diverse situations. + **Problem Solving:** Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations. + **Software Development Lifecycle:** Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace. + **Software Product Testing:** Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements. + **Application Development Tools:** Knowledge of application and system development; ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for developing applications. + **Artificial Intelligence:** Knowledge of the concepts, technologies and methodologies of artificial intelligence (AI); ability to develop, implement and/or apply artificial intelligence products and services in specific industry domain to achieve business goals. + **Programming:** Knowledge of relevant programming languages and tools; ability to test, write, design, debug, troubleshoot and maintain source codes and computer programs. + **Technical Troubleshooting:** Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation. What Will Set You Apart (Preferred Qualifications): + Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and optimize a product backlog, including backlog refinement, prioritization aligned to business value, breaking down complex work in deliverable increments (slicing), and ensuring items meet a clear "definition of ready." + Strong track record of operating within Agile frameworks, actively contributing to key ceremonies such as backlog refinement, spring planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and acceptance activities, with a focus on continuous delivery and improvement. + Confident in managing and maintaining work items within delivery tools (ex: Azure DevOps), including creating, updating, organizing, and tracking work items; ensuring data integrity, traceability, and alignment across teams. + Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitate discussions, remove ambiguity, and make timely, informed decisions to maintain delivery momentum. + Experience within mining operations and/or familiarity with the MineStar product suite is advantageous, with an understanding of operational workflows, constraints, and domain-specific challenges considered a strong plus (but not essential). ## Description + Own and maintain the team backlog, ensuring work items are structured, prioritized, and continuously refined. + Ensure Features and Stories have sufficient clarity for implementation (problem/context, acceptance criteria, dependencies, constraints). + Drive backlog hygiene and traceability so work remains visible, current, and actionable in the team's tooling (ex: Azure DevOps). + Refinement, Spring Planning & Execution Support: + Lead and/or coordinate backlog refinement to prepare work for upcoming sprints. + During sprint planning, present the highest-priority work and facilitate the conversation so the team can make realistic commitments based on capacity. + Provide ongoing clarification during execution to keep delivery unblocked and aligned to intended outcomes. + Stakeholder Alignment & Cross-Team Coordination: + Act as the team's primary day-to-day interface for stakeholders, ensuring the team plan remains aligned to stakeholder needs and inter-team dependencies. + Coordinate priority conflicts and dependency impacts with peer teams (and escalate where needed) to preserve flow and delivery confidence. + Story Acceptance & Quality Accountability: + Be accountable for Story acceptance, confirming work meets acceptance criteria, aligns to Definition of Done, and is suitable for release/use. + Ensure validation evidence is captured appropriately (tests, demos, notes, acceptance outcome) to avoid "nearly done" carryover. + Delivery Planning Visibility (Optional/Where Used) + Maintain delivery visibility by keeping planned work accurately represented (ex: sprint-level view, start/target dates where your process uses them). + Key Working Relationships: + **Delivery Team (engineers, QA, design as applicable)** - shared understanding of what "done" means and delivery sequencing. + **Scrum Master/Team Coach** - facilitation and flow; supports refinement and planning mechanics. + **Product/Program Leadership (PM, TPM, solution roles where applicable)** - priorities, outcomes, trade offs, and dependency alignment. + **Stakeholders/SME's** - requirements clarity, feedback loops, and acceptance inputs. + Other duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time-to-time. ## Related Videos - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [Agile work at CARIAD – Creating a customer web application for controlling the vehicle ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/200-agile-work-at-cariad-creating-a-customer-web-application-for-controlling-the-vehicle) - [Exploring 5 Key Applications of AI Abundance with Blockchain Assurance](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/971-exploring-5-key-applications-of-ai-abundance-with-blockchain-assurance) - [Developer Tools for Microsoft Azure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/450-developer-tools-for-microsoft-azure) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Startup Presentation: StorX - Future of Cloud Storage](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1176-startup-presentation-storx-future-of-cloud-storage) ## Related Articles - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [7 Important Tips That Every Software Developer Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/101-7-important-tips-that-every-software-developer-should-know) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)