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Leading Technical Expert in Autonomous Vehicle Simulation

1 month ago


San Francisco, California, United States Cruise Full time

We're Cruise, a pioneering self-driving service dedicated to transforming urban mobility.

Our mission is to revolutionize transportation by developing the world's most advanced autonomous vehicles. We envision a future where people can safely travel without worrying about traffic congestion, parking, or driving fatigue.

In our cutting-edge cars, passengers enjoy unparalleled freedom and comfort. As we build a culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, every employee can thrive and contribute their best work.

Cruise is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. Our goal is to hire talented individuals from diverse backgrounds and provide them with opportunities for growth and development.

The Simulation Test group plays a vital role in accelerating autonomous vehicle development, validation, and deployment. As a Staff Software Engineer on this team, you'll implement scalable testing pipelines for AV Behavior development and validation. Your expertise will help us deliver precise and reliable testing products built on industry-leading autonomous vehicle simulation frameworks.

You'll collaborate closely with stakeholders across multiple disciplines to ensure our simulation testing provides clear insights into AV behavior. This requires strong technical skills, excellent communication, and a passion for innovation.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate cross-functional expansion testing activities while navigating the complexities of a remote workforce
  • Lead the design and implementation of automated testing pipelines
  • Work closely with partner 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

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience; tech leadership in a complex space, driving technical design and execution cross-collaboratively across multiple teams and organizations
  • 5+ years of coding experience in Python and/or C++
  • 4+ years of 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 with at least one column-oriented database/data warehouse (e.g., BigQuery, RedShift)
  • Familiarity with dashboarding systems for displaying and exploring metrics over time (e.g., 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 estimated salary range for this position is $166,600 - $245,000, based on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits.