Senior Field Safety Engineer
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We are looking for an experienced Field Safety Investigator to join our Safety and Systems team in ensuring the safety of our autonomous vehicle fleet testing and operations. As part of the Operational Safety department at Cruise, the Field Safety Investigator will support day-to-day fleet operations safety and major company initiatives by ensuring continuous improvement through analysis of our field data and risks.
In this position, you will collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Product Safety, Security, Government Affairs, Legal and other teams in order to build and execute on a world-class systems safety risk management process in line with our company’s overall commitment to creating a safer world through autonomous vehicles.
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead investigations into employee reported safety concerns, near misses, and events from the operating fleet, you will be the Operational Safety point person for Incident Response and responsible for root cause analysis, and generating findings and resolution actions from post-mortem activities
- Utilizing Safety Management Systems, you will drive organization level decisions supported by quantitative safety analysis of field safety information, to identify and assess trends affecting safety
- Work with teams across Cruise to develop solutions to continuously improve safety and determine short and long-term corrective and preventive actions to address investigation findings.
- Partner with Government Affairs and Legal teams to prepare data for regulatory reporting and responses to governmental investigations and legal claims related to our fleet.
- Participate in program audits to ensure effective traceability and readiness for internal and external reviews.
- Promote safety culture at Cruise and contribute to our Safety Management System including leading efforts to expand on our incident investigation and associated risk management programs
What you must have:
- Education and/or equivalent years of experience (must have education listed for US immigration work visa eligibility assessment)
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical degree and 5+ years work experience
- Hands-on experience with field safety in the form of accident reconstruction, failure analysis, and/or automotive defect investigation
- Analytical proficiency demonstrated through experience in extracting insights from and utilizing expert-provided data in the form of quantitative risk assessment, reliability analysis, and/or statistical data analysis
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Self motivated and ability to network internally
Bonus points!
- M.S. or Ph.D. in engineering or a related technical field
- Familiarity with Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), Causal Analysis using System Theory (CAST), Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) or similar frameworks within a technical environment
- Expertise in safety analysis for autonomous vehicles or similar industry
- Experience in evaluating and ensuring regulatory compliance through auditing
- Familiarity with product safety and liability
- Experience interacting with regulators
- 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
- One Medical membership
- Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
- Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
- Paid parental leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
- Flexible Spending Account
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
- 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, Microsoft, SoftBank, & 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 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. 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, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, 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.
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Vaccine Mandate.
At Cruise, we’re tasked with leading in the communities we serve — and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel — including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event.
If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.
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