Senior Engineering Manager, Simulation
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.
The Simulation group delivers products that accelerate our autonomous vehicle development, testing, and deployment through specialized frameworks and tools. As a Senior Engineering Manager on this team, you will lead teams in building advanced simulations at scale and creating powerful analysis frameworks to simulate thousands of scenarios, rapidly inform engineers how a software or hardware change affects vehicle behavior, and identify which areas need focus.
What you'll be doing:
- Hire, mentor, and motivate exceptional teams of engineers responsible for designing, developing, and supporting products for testing autonomous vehicle software via simulation
- Collaborate with your teams, product partners, technical leadership, QA, and internal stakeholders to plan and execute engineering roadmaps and deliver products on time
- Continuously and transparently track and report your teams’ progress to partner teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership.
- Work with Cruise technical leadership to set and propagate best-in-class engineering development and management practices within your teams
- Work side-by-side with engineering leadership and QA to set and follow high quality testing procedures and processes
- Define and measure the output goals and KPIs your teams will use to measure success
- Be a culture leader within Cruise, exemplifying our values and maintaining sharp focus on our mission
- Possess a creative problem solving and continuous improvement mindset which leaves everything you touch better that it was before
What you'll must have:
- Passion for safe, fully-electric, self-driving technology and its upcoming impact on the world
- Ability to lead with cross-functional communication and collaboration skills
- 2+ years experience managing 2+ engineering teams of ~ 3 to 8 engineers
- 3+ years of experience as a hiring manager, recruiting and retaining the best talent
- 5+ years of industry experience in managing teams who build and support scalable, cloud-based production systems
- 10+ years experience in integrated software engineering, 3D video game engineering, robotics, or similar
- Ability to learn quickly, starting with little information and quickly becoming an expert in your domain
- Proven success in detail-oriented test plan design and execution
- Clear track record of effective collaboration with customers and continuous delivery of quality results
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent experience
Bonus Points!
- Prior simulation experience, especially an understanding of autonomous vehicle sensor simulation
- Experience with fast-growth companies and recruiting/retaining the best talent
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.
We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws. And, if you believe that you will need any type of accommodation, please let us know.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.
