Join Cruise: Revolutionizing Self-Driving Vehicles

At Cruise, we are designing advanced self-driving services for the cities we cherish. Our mission is to build the world's most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they love. We believe self-driving vehicles can save lives, reshape urban landscapes, return valuable time to commuters, and restore freedom of movement to many.

Why Cruise?

In our vehicles, you have the freedom to be yourself. The same goes for our workplace. At Cruise, we cherish and value the unique experiences and contributions of every individual. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where every employee can excel.

Make a Positive Impact

If you want to advance the groundbreaking work in self-driving cars and positively impact the world, join us. Even if you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply; you might be the perfect fit for our team.

Simulation Team at Cruise

Our is dedicated to building virtual environments that ensure the safety, comfort, and efficiency of our autonomous vehicles. By efficiently simulating and testing our software across billions of miles, our products significantly accelerate AV development, testing, and deployment.

Position: Staff Software Technical Lead Manager, Simulation

As a Staff Software TLM on the Simulation team, you will lead a team of elite software engineers to solve mission-critical testing and evaluation problems. This role involves developing automated simulation test pipelines for model training and performance evaluation, enhancing engineering development speed across Cruise.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead a team of exceptional software engineers to develop automated test tools and pipelines for simulation.
• Drive strategic decisions on simulation tooling architecture and delivery of large-scale software solutions.
• Foster product vision and execution from ideation to production.
• Mentor and develop top-tier software engineers in a dynamic, inclusive setting.
• Collaborate across multiple teams for impactful simulation software solutions.

Required Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience, including 3+ years of leading software engineers.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Experience in building scalable developer productivity tools.
• Passion for creating tools, frameworks, and libraries that simplify complex workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with C++.
• SQL programming skills.
• Experience scaling product adoption.
• Familiarity with dashboarding systems like Looker, Tableau, or Kibana.
• Experience with verification and validation of safety-critical systems.

The salary range for this position is $171,400 - $252,000, varying based on location, knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional benefits include bonuses, long-term incentives, and comprehensive health coverage.

Benefits

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

Our Partners

We’re proudly partnered with General Motors and Honda, providing us with fully integrated manufacturing capabilities. With significant investments from GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart, we have the resources to rapidly advance our technology and industry leadership.

Inclusivity at Cruise

Cruise LLC is an equal