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Student Internships

Cruise interns dig into hard problems that have a direct impact on our cars or our teams’ efficiency. From getting hands-on with our self-driving cars to presenting their work at weekly demos, interns are treated like full-time employees from day one.

Learn from dedicated mentors

During your 12-week internship, you will be matched with a manager and mentor who will provide guidance and hands-on opportunities to contribute to Cruise’s mission.

Be part of a team

Cruise is a highly collaborative environment where people set each other up to succeed. Together, we’re solving the engineering challenge of our generation while making lasting friendships along the way.

Working on car — Experience our cars firsthand, and in some teams, work directly on them.

Our work

Make a lasting impact

Business Rideshare

“I am helping develop Cruise's go to market strategy, focusing on commercializing Cruise's AVs across different verticals and markets.” - Juan Pablo Villasenor Tello de Menese…

Marketing

“I’ve been working on community engagement with the Marketing team. People already see our cars driving around in San Francisco, but don’t necessarily know what we’re doing. T…

Localization & Mapping

“This summer I've had the chance to work on a variety of tasks for my team, ranging from frontend enhancements to new queries on the backend. My internship culminated with a f…

Core Infrastructure

“I am working on an automated service to track incidents in our systems. I am part of a small team, helping with all components of our server. Some weeks I work on the back-en…

Product Engineering

“This summer I worked on a project with my team to increase the availability of tests that use existing road data before new changes to the car’s code are run on the road. Thi…

Perception

“I work on perception, which is in charge of making sense of what the car sees. One big problem I deal with is distinguishing when a car on the side of the road is parked or s…

Fleet Reliability

“I’m an intern on the fleet reliability team, so my job is to diagnose whatever problems the autonomous vehicles report, find the root cause, and implement a solution. I hook…

Site Reliability

"I'm working on a Slack bot that will periodically notify teams of Stackdriver errors relevant to their projects. It's cool to know the project I worked on this summer will re…

Find your fit.

We cultivate an environment where you can succeed. If you share any of the following qualities, you’ll fit right in.

— You have an open mind and are eager to tackle challenges in a new space.

— You’re curious, ask questions, embrace change, and find working in a fast-paced environment exciting.

— You act with integrity, behave responsibly, and always do what’s right.

— You get things done and pursue opportunities to partner with others when your skills can help them.

— You stay focused on the task at hand and don’t let smaller projects distract you from the big picture.

— You pursue facts and respectfully challenge assumptions if you see a more effective way to get work done.

— You work well in a team to deliver incredible results, contributing your thoughts alongside your peers.

— You see mistakes as an opportunity to learn and approach every success with humility.

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