Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Communications (Fullstack)
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.
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who has a passion for full-stack C++ development on a very high visibility critical path project. This engineering’s day-to-day would be to write native code and Linux applications that will live on our multi carrier telematics module, which enables LTE communication from the AV to the outside world. You'll be building a new platform that defines the future of vehicle connectivity in a driverless world.
The Vehicle Communication team develops the first layers of software on the car, from interfacing with hardware to moving large amounts of data up the software stack. As a Senior C++ Software Engineer you’ll be responsible for designing, documenting, and implementing complex, highly scalable, low-latency software in C++ on Linux-based systems. Your work will be the foundational software on which the rest of Cruise builds upon.
What you'll be doing:
- Invent, extend, design and implement the underlying communication platform that keeps our AVs connected while on the road
- Write reliable, scalable and high-performance software in C++
- Test and validate your software through unit and integration tests, simulations, and analysis of on-road performance
- Collaborate closely with members of adjacent teams on joint, high-impact projects that have C-suite visibility
- Develop low latency, high throughput code to enable direct streaming of audio and video between the AV and the Cruise back office.
- Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment where immediate impact is a result of your efforts and where your contributions are highly visible
- Embody Cruise behaviors: Stay Safe, Own It, Stay Focused, Seek Truth, Work Together, Be Humble
What you must have:
- 5+ years Software Engineering experience in embedded systems
- Solid expertise in C & C++ and demonstrated experience in low level network programming
- Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and packet level network programming
- Working knowledge of computer architecture with emphasis on the HW/SW interfaces
- Strategic planning and testing across multiple divisions, teams, and products
- Unix/Linux kernel development experience
- Debug system level issue in C++ and hardware components in the areas of networking performance, wireless coexistence and RF performance
- Experience architecting and developing frameworks from scratch
- Understanding of wireless protocols
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Experience with video codecs like MPEG2/4, H264/AVC, HEVC, etc. is a plus
- Knowledge of WebRTC is a plus
Bonus points!
- Familiarity with backend technologies and how to interface with them. Backend development experience in Node.js, Python, etc.
- Opinionated about products, with good user experience instincts
- Experience developing on and for embedded Linux / POSIX systems
- Experience with safety critical development (FDA, FAA, Automotive)
- Experience with embedded build systems, such as buildroot or yocto
- Experience with networking
- Experience with ROS or other robotics middleware platforms
- Experience with other languages: C, Python, Bash, Go
- Experience with QNX, VxWorks, or similar
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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