Senior Staff Software Engineer, Motion

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 Senior Staff Software Engineer in Motion at Cruise, you'll be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technology for autonomous vehicles. You'll be responsible for:

1. Collaboratively defining a technical vision and roadmap for the Planning stack
2. Providing technical leadership and mentorship to the team
3. Driving highly technical engineering projects across multiple teams
4. Designing and deploying architectures that enable safer, faster, and more human-like decision making
5. Designing costs and cost formulations to deliver a better ride experience

To excel in this role, you should have:

• A proven record of shipping products in the real world
• Experience as a tech lead or technical manager, setting the technical direction for a team
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build consensus with a team of experts
• Humility to seek the best solution, even if it wasn't your idea
• BS, MS, or higher degree in CS/CE/EE/ME, or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of experience working with ML in a robotics or safety-critical environment or related field
• Expertise in C++, Python, and modern software development environments and practices
• Ability to clearly define and motivate problems and solutions in technical writing

Bonus skills include experience with robotics techniques, search-based planners, CUDA/GPU programming, custom tooling development, ROS, and data science experience.

At Cruise, we offer a competitive salary range of $217,600 - $320,000, along with comprehensive benefits and a flexible work policy called CruiseFlex. We're committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where every employee can do their best work.

Join us in shaping the future of transportation and making a positive impact on the world through revolutionary self-driving technology.