Cruise Automation is hiring a

Senior Manager, Technical Product Management, Reliability

San Francisco, United States

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.

As a Senior Manager, Reliability in autonomous vehicle software, you will be responsible for supporting the strategy and outcomes for how Cruise prevents and mitigates problems the AV encounters. 

Cruise launched the first driverless rideshare service to San Francisco and we’re looking at expanding the service and offerings to new markets. The strategy for scale depends upon a robust system of interwoven solutions for preventing, mitigating, and ultimately resolving any anomalies the vehicle encounters. The scope includes prioritization of pre-deployment testing, fallback solutions for AV behaviors during degraded states, remote assist for when the vehicle is temporarily stuck, and mitigation of severity for situations where the vehicle can not be remotely recovered.

You will serve as a senior leader within the AV product team, evolving our innovation practice as we go to market. Collaborating broadly across engineering departments, you'll apply cutting-edge technology to increase the AV driving safety and quality.

 

What you'll be doing:

  • Hire, mentor, and motivate exceptional teams of product managers responsible for designing, developing, and supporting products for autonomous vehicle software

  • Collaborate with your teams, product partners, technical leadership, QA, and internal stakeholders to plan and execute product roadmaps and deliver products on time

  • Continuously and transparently track and report your teams’ progress to partner teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership

  • Work side-by-side with Engineering leadership and Operations

  • Define and measure the output goals and important metrics your teams will use to measure success

  • Be a culture leader within Cruise, exemplifying our values and maintaining sharp focus on our mission

  • Possess a creative problem solving and continuous improvement attitude which leaves everything you touch better that it was before

 

What you have:

  • Passion for safe, fully-electric, self-driving technology and its upcoming impact on the world

  • Ability to lead with multi-functional communication and collaboration skills

  • 2+ years experience managing teams

  • 3+ years of experience as a hiring manager, recruiting and retaining the best talent

  • 5+ years of industry experience in managing teams who build and support scalable, cloud-based production systems

  • 10+ years experience in integrated software engineering, complex systems, robotics/machine learning, or similar

  • Ability to learn quickly, starting with little information and quickly becoming a specialist in your domain

  • Proven success in detailed test plan design and execution

  • Clear track record of effective collaboration with customers and continuous delivery of quality results

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent experience 

The salary range for this position is $241,700 - $355,400. 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
  • We’re Integrated

    • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

  • We’re Funded

    • GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.
  • We’re Independent

    • We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.
  • We’re Vested

    • You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow. We offer a new kind of equity program called Recurring Liquidity Opportunity (RLO), which combines IPO-like liquidity with the stability of remaining private - learn more about RLO here

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email [email protected].

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners. 

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