Robotics Technical Lead, Cruise
AV Platform
$148.6-218.5k
You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits
Self-driving vehicles
Job no longer available
Self-driving vehicles
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$148.6-218.5k
You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a better world by deploying driverless cars at scale.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum Master's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Science) with particular emphasis on Robotic systems
- Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience, working on concept explorations for multi-body robotic systems and transitioning them into mass production
- Experience with electromechanical development (CAD, 3D Printing, Arduino, mechanical prototyping), developing complex control systems for multi-task robots, C++, Python programming, RTOS as part of developing practical robots for real world applications
- In depth understanding of Systems engineering and DFMEA
- Up to date on the latest areas of inquiry in the field of Robotics, AI and ML, in academia and industry
- Demonstrated ability to innovate as indicated by published academic material, patents filed or industry awards
- Ability to take complex safety, cost, product experience, program and technical considerations and distill it down to clear set of tradeoffs and associated
What the job involves
- As Cruise AVs head into launch and scaling activities, we look to continue finding ways to apply our technology to new form factors, that creates new applications for our AV Tech and extend the value our existing platforms provide our customers
- We are looking for a hands-on robotics leader who can balance the exploration of cutting edge technical solutions with a practical view of delivering a viable, scale product
- You would be instrumental in driving early technical exploration of a unique Robotics platform we are developing and shepherd its transition from broad strokes early technical exploration, to a refined concept and then formal development towards mass production
- You would report to the head of the Vehicles team
- As the AVP-TL you would be empowered as an individual leader, leading through influence and experience
- You would be a hands-on technical leader, providing technical oversight and critical guidance to a small team of engineers going through early explorations of a unique multi-body autonomous robotic platform
- As part of this phase, you would need to provide senior leadership with updates on the state of the concept exploration, significant technical trade-offs that would need to be made on expected functionality, investments in other parts of Cruise that enable longer term success of the product and relevant considerations as the program charter gets defined. This would include insight into technical challenges that are outside of the robot, realistic cost targets for the desired functionality, likely timing to get to mass production and so on
- You would be the platform subject matter expert for the AV platform you own, supporting queries and technical trade-off decisions from the broader Cruise engineering teams (AVHW, Safety/Systems, Technical Operations, Prod/Eng and so on)
- Stay on top of latest breakthroughs in academia and industry, relevant to this platform and bring those learnings into Cruise, as we develop our platform
Our take
The taxi industry has seen dramatic changes through mobile vehicle-hailing apps such as Uber, but these services focus simply on ease-of-access to regular taxi services. The automotive industry has seen a vast range of innovations in recent years such as electric cars and self-driving capability, features that are currently not found in existing services.
Cruise brings self-driving autonomy and electric cars together into a taxi-hailing mobile application. In addition to these innovations, the service focuses on efficiency through ride-sharing as opposed to each ride providing a single trip. Whilst other taxi-hailing services will inevitably turn to electric self-driving vehicles, Cruise shows potential to stand out through its AI-fuelled focus on carpooling and fleet efficiency.
Cruise, which has been acquired by General Motors, has received an inordinate amount of funding, including from Honda and Microsoft, with Softbank investing over $2B to scale its technology. A sum of this came after Cruise launched a limited driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco. However, the company is now facing lawsuits from the city to limit its operations there after a series of accidents involving Cruise's vehicles.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Jun 2024
$850m
LATE VC
Feb 2022
$1.3bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $9.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and life insurance
- Subsidized mental health benefits
- One Medical membership
- Flexible Spending Account
- Monthly wellness stipend
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off: vacation, sick, public health emergency, jury duty, bereavement and company holidays
- Paid parental, family care and medical leave
- Family care benefits: fertility benefits, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (subsidized by Cruise)
- Non-remote employees: Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan, healthy meals and snacks
- CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Craig Glidden
(CEO (Not Founder))Is also currently the Executive Vice President of General Motors in its Legal wing.
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