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Tech Lead Manager, Remote Assistance Autonomous Vehicle Engineering

San Francisco, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Oct 2024

💰 $216,000/yr($146,900/yr – $216,000/yr)

About the role

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.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work.

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

Job

Remote Assistance is looking for a technical lead manager to join the Remote Assistance Autonomous Vehicle Development team. In this position, you will work closely with the engineering team and stakeholders to develop a safe, reliable, and fast human to machine interface between remote assistance operators and Cruise’s autonomous vehicles.

Goals

Lead a team of engineers within Remote Assistance Autonomous Vehicle Engineering
Ensure high-functioning, high-output team delivers high quality engineering architecture and design along with fast, reliable, testable production code
Coach and support individual contributors enabling effective cross-collaboration between feature and project teams
Conduct performance reviews, identify top performers, and support their growth
Help define, build, and embody Cruise engineering culture and principles
Act as a sounding board and technical architect for your teams, help define technical vision and strategy, and ensure the technical direction of your teams aligns with other teams across the company

Requirements

Previous experience as an engineering manager or tech lead providing day-to-day guidance to software engineers
Proven track record of shipping production quality software for mission-critical or complex software products
Previous (8+ years) experience as a software engineer delivering results within large-scale, robotics, or safety-critical project environments
Experience managing projects across multiple teams
Self motivation and passion to lead your teams, encourage best practices, and constantly improve
Demonstrated ability to understand and set the architectural direction of pre-existing large-scale C++ software projects spanning multiple teams and years of active, intensive development
A track record of successfully planning and executing on strategic investments in technical debt and refactoring of legacy systems with a focus on accelerating the overall delivery pace of an organization
Can manage trade-offs between investing in immediate engineering excellence, funding incremental improvements, and delivering business value to an existing system vs. “green-field” development

Bonus Points

Experience with the robotics tech stack, e.g. Linux, ROS, OpenCV, CUDA
Previous autonomous vehicle or robotic experience
Experience with common deep learning frameworks like Tensorflow or Pytorch
Familiarity with network applications (protobufs, RPCs, distributed systems)
Experience designing software applications for safety-critical systems
Experience developing real-time systems

The salary range for this position is $146,900 - $216,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.