Staff Software Engineer, Simulation

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The Simulation Test group delivers products that accelerate autonomous vehicle development, validation, and deployment. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Simulation Test Engineering team, you will implement scalable testing pipelines for AV Behavior development and validation. You will be responsible for delivering precise and reliable testing products built on industry leading autonomous vehicle simulation frameworks. You will work closely with stakeholders across multiple disciplines to ensure our simulation testing provides clear signal on AV behavior.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the design and implementation of automated testing pipelines 

• Influence key decisions on architecture, implementation and delivery of scalable software solutions for testing and evaluating the performance of the autonomous vehicle software stack in simulation

• Coordinate cross-functional expansion testing activities while navigating the organizational complexities of a remote workforce

• Work closely with engineering and product teams to extract and interpret the testing signal used to make decisions on operational road readiness

• Communicate progress and results clearly and concisely with leadership

• Maintain a high technical standard for code quality on the team, through architectural design and code reviews

What you must have:

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience

  • Equivalent experience includes tech leadership in a complex space, driving technical design and execution cross-collaboratively across multiple teams and organizations

• 5+ years experience coding Python and/or C++

• 8+ years experience in one or more of the following areas: test framework development, scale simulation test creation and management, implementation or analysis of metrics for extracting test signal

• Familiarity using at least one column oriented database/data warehouse (i.e. BigQuery, RedShift)

• Familiarity with dashboarding systems for displaying and exploring metrics over time (i.e. Looker, Tableau, Kibana)

• Clear track record of effective collaboration with customers and continuous delivery of quality results in a remote workplace. Comfortable collaborating with data scientists, product managers, machine learning engineers, and systems engineers

• Innate curiosity toward solving testing problems, a mindset toward scaling, and an insistence on quality

• Strong communication skills and experience addressing diverse audiences

• Passion for safe, fully-electric, self-driving technology and its impact on the world

Bonus points!

• Experience testing an autonomous driving or robotics software stack

• Experience with complex physics-simulation-based testing

• Experience with verification and validation of complex and/or safety critical systems

The salary range for this position is $166,600 - $245,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

• Competitive salary and benefits 
• Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D
• Subsidized mental health benefits
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence
• 401(k) Cruise matching program 
• Fertility benefits
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account
• Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks
• Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees
• CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy. (Learn more about CruiseFlex).

• Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

• GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

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No Application Deadline