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From day one, Lyft’s mission has been to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. And self-driving cars are critical to that mission: they can make our streets safer, cities greener, and traffic a thing of the past. That’s why we started Level 5, our self-driving division, where we’re building a self-driving system to operate on the Lyft network.
Level 5 is looking for doers and creative problem solvers to join us in developing the leading self-driving system for ridesharing. Our team members come from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise, and each has the opportunity to have an outsized influence on the future of our technology. Our world-class software and hardware experts work in brand new garages and labs in Palo Alto, California, and offices in London, England and Munich, Germany. And we’re moving at an incredible pace: we’re currently servicing employee rides in our test vehicles on the Lyft app. Learn more at lyft.com/level5.
Responsibilities
As a Technical Operations Manager, you’ll play a crucial role in managing a team that physically maintains the safety and effectiveness of our Level 5’s Autonomous Vehicle fleet. You will specifically be responsible for drafting, executing, overseeing, and managing structured testing of Level 5’s autonomous vehicles.
- Work with the R&D Operations, Engineering, and Safety teams to design and execute specific tests outlined by the program
- Manage a group of AV Test Specialists and Test Conductors that execute specific structured tests
- Help develop operational and integration procedures to ensure delivery of test results
- Develop operational test plans, to ensure that the engineering deliverables meet both customer goals and internal specifications
- Conduct in-depth project management of engineering and operational efforts, and ensure that technical deliverables fulfill requirements and are on schedule
- Make extensive use of JIRA to facilitate project management, track engineering and technical progress, and flag at-risk items in the overall project plan
- Occasionally deep-dive into vehicle technical items to aid engineering team in failure/root-cause analysis, end-to-end performance verification, and overall system integration
- Organize and guide numerous cross-functional teams (both inside and outside of the engineering org.) to ensure that all parties are in clear communication about requirements and execution plans/status
- Record work through excellent documentation practices
Experience & Skills:
- BA/BS or 8 years of experience in similar field in lieu of a degree
- 3 years of technical management experience in leading small to medium sized teams of 5-50 people.
- 3 years of direct experience of working with Engineering teams.
- Diagnostic troubleshooting/experience with automotive or engineering systems
- Experience with HV/hybrid systems preferred
- Experience running scripts and working with Linux based systems preferred
Benefits:
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- In addition to 11 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Monthly commuter subsidy to cover your transit to work
- 20% off all Lyft rides
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