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Cruise Automation is hiring a

Senior Engineering Analyst II, Planning and Controls

San Francisco, United States

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re 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.

Cruisers have the opportunity to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the forefront of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there's an opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.

If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, join us.

The MP&C Analysis team helps drive our AVs with data. We close the feedback loop on software development and help drive critical prioritization decisions. In this team, you will have the opportunity to address some of the most pressing challenges in how we evaluate safety, integrity and performance of the autonomous vehicle software. You will collaborate closely with teams across Cruise in Planning, Controls, Systems Engineering, Testing, Prediction and Perception to bridge the gaps in our understanding of how small changes in software cascade into large behavioral improvements.

As a Senior Engineering Analyst II, you will develop new metrics and visualizations that provide insights on the inner workings of our motion planning and controls stack. Your work will be key in evaluating state-of-the art algorithms and helping push the boundaries by developing new ones. You will lead cross-collaborative analysis efforts investigating risk and impact of technical approaches, communicate your findings, and work with EMs and other Analysts to drive decision making.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Lead new strategies and methods to identify risk and impact of motion planning and controls features

  • Champion metrics and observability in planning and control roadmaps

  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team

  • Develop processes and tools to enable collaborators to make better data-driven decisions

  • Translate data and analysis into impactful recommendations

  • Build and manage relationships with key partners across Cruise

What you must have:

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or another related field

  • 3+ years of experience working with planning and controls algorithms, engineering analysis, statistical analysis or other related disciplines

  • Experience working with large datasets and processing pipelines in SQL, Python or C++

  • Proven track record of implementing data-driven solutions for complex technical systems

  • Ability to adapt to change and operate in a self-directed environment

  • Ability to clearly define and motivate problems and solutions in technical writing.

Bonus points!

  • Experience as an engineering analyst or software engineering working on autonomous vehicle planning and controls

  • Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, model predictive control algorithms or numerical methods

  • Ability to identify and act on opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency

  • Experience with working on robotics platforms based on ROS

 

The salary range for this position is $146,300 - 215,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

  • Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
    • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and life insurance
    • Subsidized mental health benefits
    • One Medical membership
    • Flexible Spending Account 
    • Monthly wellness stipend
    • 401(k) match 
    • Paid time off: vacation, sick, public health emergency, jury duty, bereavement and company holidays. 
    • Paid parental, family care and medical leave
    • Family care benefits: fertility benefits, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (subsidized by Cruise).
    • Non-remote employees: Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan, healthy meals and snacks 
    • CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time.
  • 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, T. Rowe Price & Walmart 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.
    • Recurring Liquidity Opportunity (RLO) - a unique equity program where employees, both current and former, have the option to sell any amount of their vested equity on a recurring basis, currently quarterly.
  • We’re Safety Conscious
    • We integrate #staysafe, our top priority at Cruise, into our everyday work. Through our Safety Management System, every Cruiser is asked to do their part by reporting any potential issues or hazards they observe and making continuous improvements. You’ll be able to contribute to safety at Cruise, no matter your job function or title.

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.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives.

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.

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