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The Watch Officer supports 24x7 overwatch of Cruise Autonomous Vehicle “AV” Operations. In this role, you will be a core member of The Bridge in our centralized Operations Control Center in Scottsdale, AZ. Across all markets, you will provide oversight to all potential issues or disruptions that may impact the fleet, escalate appropriately, and provide proper support within the correct response actions. You will use various tools, technology, and intelligence to coordinate a diverse set of operations team members.
What you’ll be doing:
Provide support with the entire AV fleet through a combination of direct monitoring and connecting with several functions that interact with the fleet and customers (AV Operations, Remote Assistance, Customer Support, Global Security, Incident Management, etc.).
Escalate operational irregularities to the OCC Duty Manager.
Assist in compiling the daily operational plan documents; identify and suggest plan modification for constraints as they arise.
Monitor operational execution relative to daily plan, consolidating operational information into clear and concise shift summaries, briefings, and company-wide reports and disseminate to leadership and commercial operations review.
Gather incident facts to document non-nominal events.
Develop and update Standard Operating Procedures.
Serve as a centralized information hub in support of operational partners.
Learn cross-functional duties and cover other positions as necessary.
Assist in the identification, triage, and reporting of crisis events, coordinating with Incident Management and Emergency Response teams.
Complete other tasks as directed by OCC leadership.
What you must have:
Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant work experience in an operational environment.
Dynamic personality well-versed in leading by example.
Ability to take a lead role managing through high pressure operational situations.
Committed with a can-do, team-player attitude.
Ability to learn and use various technologies and tools.
Exceptional attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication along with the ability to coordinate and work with many different organizations and team members.
Bonus points!
Experience in start-up or tech companies
Experience working in the autonomous vehicle industry
Experience supporting rapidly scaling organizations
Experience in an OCC or similar environment
The hourly range for this position is $33 - $35/hr. 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
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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