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. We are looking for a manager to lead our Smart Agents team (NPC-AI). This team develops innovative AI models, such as GPT-like transformer architectures to simulate intelligent actors for testing and training AV in Simulation. If you think of Simulation like a video game we want AVs to play and learn from, the Smart Agents team is responsible for developing the intelligence of all the other characters in the game - "Is that pedestrian going to decide to j-walk? Is that vehicle going to cut in front of the AV?" We are looking for someone capable of staying on top of the latest research and leading a high priority ML team core to Cruise's mission. What you'll be doing: • Hire, mentor, and empower exceptional teams of engineers responsible for designing, developing, and supporting products for testing autonomous vehicle software via simulation • Collaborate with your teams, product partners, technical leadership, QA, and internal collaborators to plan and implement engineering roadmaps and deliver products on time • Continuously and openly track and report your teams’ progress to partner teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership. • Work with Cruise technical leadership to set and propagate best-in-class engineering development and management practices within your teams • 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 must have: • 8+ years of experience in the field of robotics or latency-sensitive backend services • 2+ years of leading a machine learning team. • Clear track record of effective collaboration with customers and partners • Proven experience in machine learning and classification. Familiar with ML frameworks such as Tensorflow or PyTorch • Experience architecting highly performant ML and system pipelines • Strong programming skills in modern C++ or Python • Ability to design across multiple systems. Ability to both investigate in sophisticated areas as well as a good breadth of understanding of systems outside of your domain. • Passionate about self-driving car technology and its impact on the world Bonus points! • Expertise with parallel training, active learning, model deployment (e.g., TensorRT conversion) • Track record in deploying perception/prediction/av models into real world environments • Experience working with RL and sequence prediction (ML) models • Experience with agent behavior simulation The salary range for this position is $189,000 - $278,000. 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. Why Cruise? Our benefits are here to support the whole you: • 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. (Learn more about CruiseFlex). 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, arenaflex, T. Rowe Price, and arenaflex 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. 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, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, 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 HR@getcruise.com. 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. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. Candidates applying for roles that operate and remotely operate the AV: Licensed to drive a motor vehicle in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding your application, currently holding an active in-state regular driver’s license or equivalent, and no more than one point on driving record. A successful completion of a background check, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record check is also required. 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. No Application Deadline Apply tot his job