Staff Software Engineer, Simulation

$166,600 - $245,000/Yr

Gm Cruise - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - San Francisco, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Staff Software Engineer in Simulation at Cruise will lead the design and implementation of automated testing pipelines for autonomous vehicle behavior development and validation. This role is crucial for delivering precise and reliable testing products using advanced simulation frameworks, ensuring that the testing provides clear signals on autonomous vehicle behavior. The engineer will collaborate with various stakeholders to influence architectural decisions and maintain high technical standards in code quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of automated testing pipelines
• Influence key decisions on architecture, implementation, and delivery of scalable software solutions for testing and evaluating the performance of the autonomous vehicle software stack in simulation
• Coordinate cross-functional expansion testing activities while navigating the organizational complexities of a remote workforce
• Work closely with engineering and product teams to extract and interpret the testing signal used to make decisions on operational road readiness
• Communicate progress and results clearly and concisely with leadership
• Maintain a high technical standard for code quality on the team, through architectural design and code reviews

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience coding Python and/or C++
• 8+ years experience in one or more of the following areas: test framework development, scale simulation test creation and management, implementation or analysis of metrics for extracting test signal
• Familiarity using at least one column oriented database/data warehouse (i.e. BigQuery, RedShift)
• Familiarity with dashboarding systems for displaying and exploring metrics over time (i.e. Looker, Tableau, Kibana)
• Clear track record of effective collaboration with customers and continuous delivery of quality results in a remote workplace
• Strong communication skills and experience addressing diverse audiences
• Passion for safe, fully-electric, self-driving technology and its impact on the world

Nice-to-haves

• Experience testing an autonomous driving or robotics software stack
• Experience with complex physics-simulation-based testing
• Experience with verification and validation of complex and/or safety critical systems

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