Cruise Automation is hiring a

Sr. People Technology Solutions Engineer II

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.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. 

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. 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, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

About the Role:

Cruise is looking for an experienced and creative Sr. People Technology Solutions Engineer II to join our People Tech team to develop and deliver solutions across Workday and other HR platforms with a focus on business enablement, user experience, and scalability. This position will play a key role in collaborating with our team to help drive core HR programs, improve processes, and lead major cross-functional projects.
 

What you will be doing:

  • Cultivate robust relationships with internal partners, comprehensively grasp key initiatives and business requirements, propose process enhancements and technological solutions, and be responsible for projects spanning from straightforward to intricate.

  • Innovatively address business demands, ensuring solutions are both creative and scalable.

  • Lead projects from inception to completion by showcasing system capabilities, gathering requirements, offering design and solution suggestions, configuring systems, facilitating testing phases, and being responsible for seamless deployment.

  • Offer ongoing support, handling ticket prioritization, system troubleshooting, user assistance, exploration of alternative solutions, and fulfillment of minor enhancement requests.

  • Lead the configuration and administration of business processes, reporting mechanisms, security protocols, and Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) tasks across various Workday modules.

  • Evaluate new Workday features and execute regression testing during release cycles to assess their impact.

  • Uphold data integrity throughout Workday and connected systems, ensuring compliance with data governance and security protocols.

  • Document operational processes, provide support for end-user training, and contribute to the creation of concise reference materials.

  • Champion best practices, comprehensive design approaches, and meticulous testing methodologies to uphold system stability and deliver high-quality outcomes.
     

What you must have:

  • Consistent track record in HRIT or related systems analyst roles, including HRIS configuration and implementing solutions

  • 8+ years of demonstrable hands-on Workday development, configuration, implementation, and support experience focused on HR Core

  • 2-3 years experience managing Greenhouse

  • In-depth knowledge and experience of Workday foundational concepts, business processes, security, reporting, calculated fields, touchpoints, and release cycles

  • Solid understanding of HR processes and programs, employee life cycle, and HR data flows

  • Excellent project management and verbal & written communication skills; ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and effectively communicate technical information to a non-technical audience

  • Ability to partner with collaborators at all levels, influence decision making, and apply change management principle

  • Quick learner of new technologies; “outside-the-box” problem solver who enjoys finding creative and scalable solutions to business challenges

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

The salary range for this position is $142,800 - $210,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

  • Competitive salary and benefits 
  • Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D
  • Subsidized mental health benefits
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence
  • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
  • Fertility benefits
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account
  • Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks
  • Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees
  • CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy. (Learn more about CruiseFlex).

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, and 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.

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, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, 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. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Candidates applying for roles that operate and remotely operate the AV: Licensed to drive a motor vehicle in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding your application, currently holding an active in-state regular driver’s license or equivalent, and no more than one point on driving record. A successful completion of a background check, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record check is also required.

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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