Remote Staff Validation Software Engineer, Systems Engineering

Summary

Join us at 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.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or another related field
• 10+ years of postgraduate experience in software engineering (preferred) or data science (preferred), systems engineering, robotics, systems analysis, data analysis, statistical analysis, or other related fields
• Strong experience writing Python and SQL (bonus: C++) code to develop tools to analyze large data sets coming out of hardware systems
• Ability to understand complex technical systems
• Ability to adapt and operate under ambiguity
• Prioritize while maintaining the tasks at hand with hyper focus on following through technical work to completion
• Strong technical and nontechnical communication skills

Responsibilities

• Use Python and SQL to design and implement offline software and tools for Autonomous Vehicle validation to enable launch and release decisions
• Build data tools and visualizations to accelerate launch and release decision making for autonomous vehicle performance, safety, risk and simulation testing confidence
• Use experience in Software Engineering or Data Science to scale validation tooling and framework improvements to help meet Systems Engineering goals in new and existing markets
• Set coding and data quality standards of systems engineering risk and simulation testing confidence tools
• Continuously evolve and invent new methods that accelerate and improve the quality of risk and simulation testing confidence signals for customers ranging from executives to ICs
• Work as a critical liaison to multiple behavior capability and autonomy teams and validation leads, accelerating decision making for each pod with tools and methods you’ve generated
• Perform analysis of Autonomous Vehicle data to characterize vehicle systems performance, validate systems engineering requirements, and influence development of systems engineering requirements
• Lead and communicate data analyses, trade studies, and safety analysis that provide teams with all the information needed to develop and continuously improve the systems function and performance
• Develop methods to analyze and compare the impact of software changes on top level systems engineering requirements
• Define requirements and establish tools to continuously monitor quality of systems engineering validation products
• Providing leadership and guidance to less senior members of the team, upholding quality and efficiency standards for the team

Benefits

• 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