Senior Software Engineer II, Simulation

Simulation at Cruise is responsible for constructing virtual environments to guarantee safety, comfort and efficiency of our autonomous vehicles. Our products accelerate autonomous vehicle development, testing, and deployment by efficiently simulating and testing our autonomous vehicle software against billions of miles of driving – a task that would otherwise require years of on‑road testing. Simulation develops end‑to‑end frameworks, test pipelines, assets, and tools to enable our fleets to scale in the real world. What You'll Be Doing Build automated tools and pipelines for simulation test creation, maintenance and execution to accelerate training of ML models and end‑to‑end performance evaluation Develop and integrate test productivity and debugging scripts to enable efficient customer workflows Design and implement engineering solutions to tackle complex simulation testing problems, focused towards performance and scale Collaborate across teams, with AV Engineers, Product Managers, Product Operations, Systems Engineers, and Simulation to enhance the user experience of simulation tools and improve the development speed of Cruise engineers and Offshore teams What You Must Have BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent experience (Equivalent experience includes technical leadership in a complex space, driving technical design and execution cross‑collaboratively across multiple teams and organizations) 5+ years relevant industry experience Strong programming skills in Python Passion for building tools, frameworks and libraries that simplify complex workflows Proven track record of effective collaboration with customers and continuous delivery of quality results Bonus Points Experience with C++ Experience with SQL programming Experience with BigQuery, GCP Experience with verification and validation of complex and/or safety critical systems within robotics, autonomous driving or related field The salary range for this position is $142,800 - $210,000. 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. Benefits 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. Equal Employment Opportunity 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 View email address on click.appcast.io. 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 affect 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. 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. No Application Deadline #J-18808-Ljbffr