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The Embedded Systems, Sensing System Software team develops the first layers of environmental sensing software on multiple generations and platforms of Cruise Autonomous Vehicles. As a Senior Software Engineer II, you’ll be responsible for designing, documenting, and implementing complex, highly scalable, low-latency software in C/C++ on Linux-based or RTOS-based systems. Your work will be the Cameras domain software upon which the rest of Cruise builds.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop software in C/C++ to interface the Cruise autonomy stack with the Cameras on the vehicle
• Design and implement complete solutions to challenges that require systems thinking to consider all the implications and interrelationships
• Own technical projects from start to finish and be responsible for major technical decisions and tradeoffs
• Effectively participate in team planning, code reviews, and design discussions
• Improve and deliver reliable software through requirements generation, continuous integration, automated testing, issue tracking, and code reviews
• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple teams and mentor other developers
• Deliver complex projects through incremental development

What you must have:

• 5+ years of experience writing production-quality software for embedded systems
• Experience with C++11 or later
• Knowledge of and experience applying software standard methodologies

 

Bonus Points!

• Experience working with cameras and image/video data processing
• Experience developing on and for embedded Linux / POSIX systems
• Demonstrated experience building, testing, and shipping production software
• Experience with safety-critical development (FDA, FAA, Automotive)
• Experience with firmware development with RTOS and microcontrollers
• Experience with embedded build systems, such as buildroot or yocto
• Experience with software design and development on network protocol stacks
• Experience with software design and development on IPC and RPC
• Experience with ROS or other robotics middleware platforms
• Experience with other languages: C, Python, Go, Shell scripts
• Experience with QNX, VxWorks, or similar

 

The salary range for this position is $146,300 - 215,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

• Competitive salary and benefits 
• 401(k) Cruise matching program 
• Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
• One Medical membership
• Subsidized mental health benefits
• Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
• Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
• Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care, and medical leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
• Flexible Spending Account 
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
• CruiseFlex, a working policy for US-Based Cruisers, lets you and your manager find the working style that’s best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home, or a combination of home and in-office time. - learn more about CruiseFlex here

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