Senior Engineering Lab Technician, Sensors
We’re Cruise, the self-driving ride-hailing service.
We are building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.
At Cruise, our engineers have opportunities to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the cutting-edge of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there's opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.
If you are looking to solve one of today’s most complex engineering challenges, see the results of your work in hundreds of self-driving cars, and make a positive impact in the world starting in our cities, join us.
Cruise is looking for a Senior Engineering Lab Technician to help us bring-up and test our next generation vehicles and sensors as well as contribute positively to our testing culture by developing sustainable and scalable test station processes and methods. In this position, you will work on a multidisciplinary team and work directly with various stakeholders in order to gather test station requirements to support robust and thorough testing on fast-paced timelines. You will need an aptitude to learn what your immediate responsibilities are as well as how they tie into broader team and company goals.
What you'll be doing:
- Maintain various lab equipment’s calibration and vendor engagement for calibrations/warranty servicing
- Comprehensive knowledge of industry best practice techniques across a range of R&D lab equipment. This includes, but is not limited to, soldering, desoldering, harness building, operating a manual mill, lathe, horizontal/vertical drop saw, and basic machine shop hand tools
- Experience building up a test lab -- i.e., understanding lab power requirements, interfacing with facilities team(s), gathering ethernet requirements, and overseeing lab builds
- Experience operating microscopes, oscilloscopes, power supplies, motorized stages, thermal chambers, thermocouple installation and data acquisition, spectrum analyzers, flow hoods, etc.
- Observe all safety standards and maintain a secure, safe, clean and healthy work environment. Follow operating instructions, use protective equipment when required, and use equipment and materials properly
- Produce and develop detailed documentation for test, maintenance, safety, and team processes
- A self starter mentality. The ability to take direction and proactively seek out any missing information or details to accomplish a task.
- Ability to read and interpret PCB schematics and wiring diagrams
- Ability to perform Incoming Quality Checks (IQC) on hardware to collect data on component function and performance
- Proficient with JIRA and able to collect and present understandable test data and results by using google docs/sheets/slides and graphing software
What you must have:
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and network diagrams to understand how they apply to a physical setup
- Strong organizational skills
- You are proficient creating Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides to manage documents for cross-team collaboration
- Experience bringing up, maintaining, and operating lab equipment such as microscopes, oscilloscopes, power supplies, motorized stages, thermal chambers, DAQ hardware, spectrum analyzers, and the like
- Experience using Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems
- Experience working in a machine shop environment using machine shop tools and equipment
- Ability to thrive in a cooperative, rapidly changing team setting with aggressive goals and challenging timelines
- Strong work ethic, quality workmanship, and team oriented
- Current driver's license with a good standing driver record
Bonus Points!
- Experience working with optical equipment, tools, and fixtures
- Experience using Python, JIRA, and/or Confluence
- Experience aligning optics
- Knowledge of or experience with performing sensor calibration
- Familiarity with autonomous vehicle or advanced driver-assistance systems that utilize any of the following sensor types: lidar, radar, cameras, or ultrasonics
Why Cruise?
- Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
- Competitive salary and benefits
- 401(k) Cruise matching program
- Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
- Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
- Healthy meals and snacks provided
- Paid parental leave & family expansion stipend
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Commuter benefits
- We’re Integrated
- Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
- We’re Funded
- GM, Honda, SoftBank, and T. Rowe Price 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.
- We’re Independent
- We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the bleeding-edge of technology, but also define it.
- We're Vested
- You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.
Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetics or any other legally protected basis. Below, you have the opportunity to share your preferred gender pronouns, gender, ethnicity, and veteran status with Cruise to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring and recruitment processes. Completion of these questions is entirely voluntary. Any information you choose to provide will be kept confidential, and will not impact the hiring decision in any way.
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