Cruise
Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Evaluation
Cruise, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
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.As a Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Evaluation, you will build the world's most advanced evaluation of AV driving capabilities and stack with the end goal of achieving and maintaining superhuman levels of performance across all criteria by developing high quality metrics and actionable insights throughout the full development lifecycle. You drive impact focused projects that address the everyday challenges that our AV's face on urban roads- ones that do not have standard solutions available.What you'll be doing:
As a tech lead, you will demonstrate your leadership by:Defining success criteria from ambiguous problem statements.Driving evaluation strategies and roadmaps, leading the development, monitoring and analysis of safety, roadcraft and compliance metrics for core autonomous capabilities.Ensuring comprehensive validation of AV performance with high fidelity signals.Streamlining testing and road monitoring process in collaboration with AV Engineers to build a fast feedback loop to AV model development.Mentoring fellow Data Scientists and fostering a positive, collaborative work environment.Role-modeling a positive, humble and growth-oriented attitude.As an individual contributor, you will be responsible for:Building high quality data miners and metrics that serve testing, road monitoring, and model training.Analyzing AV performance data to extract insights and opportunities for optimization.Developing new methodologies, e.g., machine learning based approaches, to scalably improve the quality of metrics.Testing and deploying your methods in our simulation environment.Collaborating with AV Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, Test Engineers along with Product Management and other stakeholders to build shareable tools, methods, and dashboards.Converting insights into actionable recommendations for AV software development and launch readiness decisions, and succinctly communicate these findings to partners and leadership.What you must have:
A Masters or PhD degree or equivalent experience in Robotics, Transportation, Industrial Engineering, Operation Research or other relevant industry experience.5+ years post-academic experience in evaluating large models, data science, machine learning, or a closely-related field.Strong software engineering foundation and proficiency in production-environment coding and best practices.Proficiency in SQL and Python.Experience designing, training, and critically analyzing machine learning models for big data.Solid statistical foundations, familiarity with hypothesis testing, statistical power, and common biases in data.Experience designing, developing and maintaining automated reporting tools for management and other partners.Creative, inventive, and passionate about seeking new solutions to problems and opportunities.A track record of leading multi-functional initiatives and collaborating with engineering and product teams.3+ years of experience mentoring other data scientists.Bonus Points!
Experience in the autonomous driving industry.Experience in C++.The salary range for this position is $166,600 - $245,000. 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 benefitsMedical / dental / vision, Life and AD&DSubsidized mental health benefitsPaid time off and holidaysPaid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence401(k) Cruise matching programFertility benefitsDependent Care Flexible Spending AccountFlexible Spending Account & Health Saving AccountPerks Wallet program for benefits/perksPre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employeesCruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy.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.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.
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As a tech lead, you will demonstrate your leadership by:Defining success criteria from ambiguous problem statements.Driving evaluation strategies and roadmaps, leading the development, monitoring and analysis of safety, roadcraft and compliance metrics for core autonomous capabilities.Ensuring comprehensive validation of AV performance with high fidelity signals.Streamlining testing and road monitoring process in collaboration with AV Engineers to build a fast feedback loop to AV model development.Mentoring fellow Data Scientists and fostering a positive, collaborative work environment.Role-modeling a positive, humble and growth-oriented attitude.As an individual contributor, you will be responsible for:Building high quality data miners and metrics that serve testing, road monitoring, and model training.Analyzing AV performance data to extract insights and opportunities for optimization.Developing new methodologies, e.g., machine learning based approaches, to scalably improve the quality of metrics.Testing and deploying your methods in our simulation environment.Collaborating with AV Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, Test Engineers along with Product Management and other stakeholders to build shareable tools, methods, and dashboards.Converting insights into actionable recommendations for AV software development and launch readiness decisions, and succinctly communicate these findings to partners and leadership.What you must have:
A Masters or PhD degree or equivalent experience in Robotics, Transportation, Industrial Engineering, Operation Research or other relevant industry experience.5+ years post-academic experience in evaluating large models, data science, machine learning, or a closely-related field.Strong software engineering foundation and proficiency in production-environment coding and best practices.Proficiency in SQL and Python.Experience designing, training, and critically analyzing machine learning models for big data.Solid statistical foundations, familiarity with hypothesis testing, statistical power, and common biases in data.Experience designing, developing and maintaining automated reporting tools for management and other partners.Creative, inventive, and passionate about seeking new solutions to problems and opportunities.A track record of leading multi-functional initiatives and collaborating with engineering and product teams.3+ years of experience mentoring other data scientists.Bonus Points!
Experience in the autonomous driving industry.Experience in C++.The salary range for this position is $166,600 - $245,000. 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 benefitsMedical / dental / vision, Life and AD&DSubsidized mental health benefitsPaid time off and holidaysPaid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence401(k) Cruise matching programFertility benefitsDependent Care Flexible Spending AccountFlexible Spending Account & Health Saving AccountPerks Wallet program for benefits/perksPre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employeesCruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy.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.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.
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