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At a glance
Caterpillar has an opening for Embedded SW Engineer in Chennai. It is a full-time role in Software & IT, asking for at least 5 years of experience, first listed on 7 November. The description mentions Embedded C and MATLAB. Caterpillar has 133 other openings in India, 54 of them in Chennai. Across all employers on Jobs Hindustan there are 176 Software & IT openings in Chennai today; the typical one asks for 6 years.
Skills in this advert
How often each skill named in this advert appears across the 3,164 software & IT jobs we list in India today. Embedded C is the most widely requested (6% of jobs), while MATLAB is the least common (1%). Widely requested skills are what employers expect as a baseline; rarer ones show what is special about this job.
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About hiring at Caterpillar
Caterpillar has 134 openings in India on Jobs Hindustan today across 4 cities. Most are in software & IT (67), data & AI (15) and finance & banking (15). The biggest locations are Bengaluru (91), Chennai (55) and Hosur (4). None of them can be done fully from home, and 17% are open to freshers or interns. We collect Caterpillar's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards, agencies or consultants.
From Caterpillar's advert
Embedded Software Engineer – Automotive (5-6 + Years Experience) (C, MATLAB/Simulink, State flow. Develops, designs, implements and tests software of embedded devices and systems; monitors…
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Jobs Hindustan found this job on Caterpillar's official careers site on 6 November 2026 and checked it again 7 November at 5:47 am IST. Caterpillar never asks candidates for money. If anyone does, it is a scam.
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