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Cruise

Staff Technical Lead Manager, Behaviors

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.The Behaviors Teams at Cruise are responsible for developing machine learning models to enable our AV to drive smoothly and safely around an urban environment. This includes working on a variety of exciting problems such as:Building a globally consistent prediction of what all different nearby agents (like other cars, buses, animals, pedestrians) are going to do in the next few seconds.Generating safe, comfortable and feasible trajectories to navigate dynamic urban environments.Scoring and selecting the optimal trajectory, optimizing across many dimensions such as safety, comfort and customer experience.The Staff Technical Lead Manager is a versatile role in Behaviors that drives a wide spectrum of applied ML research and development to overcome challenges on urban roads.What you’ll be doing:

From a research perspective, exploring, prototyping, validating, and iterating new algorithms.On the development side, driving efforts to optimize, supervise and refine on-road performance for models on the path to production.Considered one of the technical leaders of the department who guides current and future technology choices.Have a deep understanding of the business and operational impact for different technology tradeoffs, and able to balance effectively based on company’s need.Enable others engineers on the team to be more effective through design and code that is easy to extend and contribute into.Capable of influencing others and building consensus even over contentious technical debates.What you must have:

BS, MS, or higher degree, in CS/CE/EE, or equivalent industry experience.Extensive experience with ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, Caffe, and PyTorch.Extensive experience with machine learning and classification.Strong programming skills in Python or C++.Excellent mathematical reasoning skills, especially with probability.Passionate about self-driving car technology and its impact on the world!Bonus points!

PhD in machine learning or computer science.Experience with ROS, OpenCV, Gazebo, or PCL.Experience with CUDA.Track record in deploying prediction models into real-world environments.Experience with autonomous driving technologies.The salary range for this position is $189,000 - $278,000. 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.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. A successful completion of a background check, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record check is also required.

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