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Cruise is seeking a Staff Technical Lead Manager to own the development of our on-vehicle Telematics Control Units. In this position, you will be responsible for delivering the core hardware that enables our autonomous vehicles to communicate with the external world, supporting critical functionality such as fleet management, remote vehicle assistance, and in-vehicle infotainment. You will collaborate and drive discussions with our internal Product Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Test Engineering, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Program Management, and Supply Chain teams. You will also be responsible for working with external partners and suppliers to ensure that the hardware meets our functional and performance requirements while maintaining cost and timing targets.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partner with Supply Chain Management to collaborate and manage our suppliers through proof-of-concept, EV, DV, and PV seeking opportunities to reduce hardware development and unit costs
• Partner with Technical Project Management to track timelines, burn down risks, and seek opportunities in features and timing
• Collaborate with Telematics Subject Matter Experts, Systems Engineering, and Architecture teams within Cruise and GM to drive the requirements definition, analysis, development and documentation of component technical specifications and validating their integration into the broader functional system requirements
• Collaborate with Product, Safety, Reliability, Security, and Legal partners to ensure that the product meets all regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with Electrical Engineering, Embedded Software, Mechanical Engineering to ensure that the technical implementation fulfills the requirements and drive technical risks and issues to solution

What you must have:

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years of postgraduate experience with developing telematics, networking, and infotainment hardware
• 5+ years experience bridging the gap between Mechanical, Electrical, and Embedded Software Engineering fields
• 5+ years experience working with and maintaining relationships with domestic and international manufacturers in CM, ODM, and JDM models.
• Automotive experience with ISO26262, AEC-Q100/200, and associated EMC and Environmental compliance
• Technical expert in state-of-the-art SoCs, network switch and PHY ICs, cellular modems, and WLAN chipsets that comprise the architecture of telematics gateways and control units
• Design and certification experience with wireless communication standards and chipsets; LTE/WCDMA/GSM, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax, WiGig, V2X, VoIP/VoLTE, and GNSS
• Excellent Project Management and Supply Chain management skills and tool experience

Bonus points!

• Experience with developing telematics solutions with automotive tier 1 suppliers
• Familiarity with eCall, ERA-GLONASS, GM OnStar, or Ford Sync emergency services
• Fluent in Mandarin

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
  • 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, & 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.

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