Senior Engineering Manager, ML Data Shop

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We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

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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.

About The Team

The ML Data Shop team is responsible for building the platform for data search / mining, labeling and dataset generation that can reliably handle the petabyte-scale data critical to improving our AV stack performance.

About The Role

The ML Data Shop team is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to support the labeling team in delivering a labeling platform that produces high quality labels at low cost and on time.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Work with labeling customers to understand their needs
• Drive and communicate both long and short term visions from those needs
• Translate the visions into goals, plans and drive execution
• Hire and support other world class manager and engineers
• Leverage the state of the art in deep learning to solve challenging large scale real world robotics problems
• Work with teams across Cruise to foster a collaborative culture of quality and safety
• Embody Cruise values and behaviors : Stay Safe, Own It, Stay Focused, Seek Truth, Work Together, Be Humble

What We Are Looking For

• Hired and supported team of 15+ engineers and managers
• 6+ years experience supporting and growing high performance teams
• Expertise in large scale data labeling, auto labeling or related machine learning spaces.
• Expertise in building and maintaining ML pipelines at scale
• Startup mentality - openness to dealing with unknown unknowns, wearing many hats, and making effective prioritization decisions
• Passionate about self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
• Strategic, collaborative and execution-focused

Bonus points!

• Built infrastructure to train and / or leverage VLM and LLM
• Built complex UI maximizing user efficiency
• Applied active learning techniques for production systems
• MS or PhD in Computer Vision, Natural Language, Machine Learning or a related field

The salary range for this position is $208,400 - $306,500. 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.

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.

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 [email protected].

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias.

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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

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