Senior Technical Product Manager, Simulation AI and Integrity
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About the Simulation group:
Simulation is building a platform to accelerate the development and testing of the entire AV technology stack for both hardware and software. We collaborate with teams like AV engineering, systems, and testing to deliver the tools that accelerate development and validation in order to quickly and safely launch new AV capabilities.
Achieving large-scale, commercial AV deployments fundamentally relies on having a powerful and accurate simulation that can test and verify AV behavior across a multitude of virtual driving scenarios without relying on extensive real-world testing and data collection. Developing truly driverless vehicles for ride-hail and goods delivery means Cruise will increasingly rely on Simulation for not just test and validation but also to uncover challenging driving scenarios that will accelerate the development of core AV technologies like Perception and Motion Planning. We’re at the forefront of AV technology development and serve as the biggest lever to transform AVs from a prototype into a real commercial product.
About the Senior PM role for Productivity and Experience:
Simulation PMs own the tools and experiences that enable AV engineers and testers across Cruise to develop and test key components of the AV technology stack. As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you’ll align Simulation and partner teams around a common vision for productivity and ease-of-use and turn that vision into reality. You’ll work closely with UX, engineering, testing, and program management to create the tools and workflows that satisfy the following:
- Insightful - deeply understand the problems developers and testers face and lead efforts to determine what types of simulations to create and how users will create them
- Throughput - enable users to quickly create, execute, and interpret the appropriate type and quantity of simulations in order to gather the most signal for the least amount of effort
- Usability - maximize intuitiveness, user delight, and convenience for new and experienced users alike
You will develop and execute a product strategy that will be lean yet effective in meeting user needs. You will have a strong sense for prioritization, a passion for innovation, and a customer-centric approach to product management.
The Simulation Product Team is a new team that aims to bring a forward-looking and product-first approach to the AV development process. Join us and be one of the key members that will help craft the product culture for the Simulation team.
What you’ll be doing:
- Partner with UX and engineering leaders to define the vision and goals for creating, executing, and interpreting different types of simulations
- Work closely with engineering and platform teams to deploy your products and features across Cruise in order to accelerate velocity and increase confidence for development and testing orgs
- Develop and execute a high impact roadmap across all its surfaces and personas in close collaboration with partners, end-users, and senior leadership
- Thorough understanding of the products under your leadership, able to justify and communicate decisions and prioritizations
- Balance multiple goals and priorities that maximize customer value and user delight
What you must have:
- 5+ proven years experience in tech-related fields
- 3+ years of proven success leading highly technical products (simulation, data science, machine learning, computer vision, or robotics)
- Proven technical aptitude with complex internal or developer tools
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills
- Experience formulating and driving a focused product vision, and owning the narrative with leadership, users, and partners
- A bias to action and bootstrapping major projects, never hesitant to roll up your sleeves and be hands on
- Experience leading product development from zero to first release and beyond
- Provide insight and deliver measurable results for sophisticated products under ambiguous situations in a fast-paced environment
Bonus points!
- Product Leadership experience with autonomous vehicles or safety-critical systems
- Experience in developer/tester tooling, infrastructure, or high fidelity simulation products
- 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
- Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
- Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
- Paid parental 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
- 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, SoftBank, & T. Rowe Price, 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.
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.
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