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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.

As a Staff Product Designer at Cruise, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the user experience and ensuring the safety and success of our driverless operation and ridehail service. You will lead the design of cohesive user experiences for both community members and remote operators tools, driving the end-to-end design process from research and conceptualization to prototyping and implementation. Additionally, you will focus on improving on-road and community experiences, ensuring our autonomous vehicles interact seamlessly and safely with the public and other road users.

Key Responsibilities:

User Experience Design: Lead the design of complex user experiences for both consumer and fleet management tools.
End-to-End Design Process: Drive the end-to-end design process, from research and conceptualization to prototyping and implementation.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, product management, and operations to gather requirements, define user needs, and ensure alignment with business goals.
User Research: Develop and maintain a deep understanding of user personas and operational workflows.
Product Strategy: Proactively identify new areas of opportunity and influence product strategy.
Innovation: Champion innovative solutions, even in ambiguous or unprecedented contexts.
Mentorship: Mentor and guide other designers, setting a high standard of craftsmanship for design.
On-Road and Community Experience: Enhance the interaction between autonomous vehicles and the community, ensuring safe and effective communication and behavior on the road.

Qualifications:

Proven experience in product design, UX design, or a related field, ideally within a tech or consumer-focused company.
Strong understanding of user experience design principles and product development processes.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills.
Ability to work on strategic and systems-level projects, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for creating engaging user experiences.
Familiarity with tools such as Jira and Figma, and experience working within agile development environments.

Preferred Skills:

Experience in developing design systems and ensuring consistency across products.
Ability to navigate complex problem spaces and deliver high-quality design solutions.
Strong aesthetic ability and the capability to present work in a compelling manner.

Scope and Impact:

Enhance the user experience and ensure the safety and success of our driverless operation and ridehail service.
Influence product strategy and drive innovative solutions.
Mentor and guide other designers, contributing to the overall design culture at Cruise.
Improve on-road and community experiences, ensuring our autonomous vehicles interact seamlessly and safely with the public and other road users.

The salary range for this position is $147,300 - $216,600. 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, 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 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.

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