This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to a Director of Product.
You will:- As Waymo expands to more freeways, on more platforms, in more regions, in more weather, understanding vehicle reliability becomes critical to ensuring we have a high quality and safe product.
- You will set the roadmap for how we evaluate the reliability of the Waymo driver: measure how, when and where the hardware or software fails and what happens as a result.
- Be responsible for the onboard solutions,hardware changes, and testing strategies to minimize reliability failures, and mitigate issues in the field.
- Look to the future at new hardware platforms, new geographic launches and new ODDs, and build the systems and tools to ensure we have a reliable vehicle as we grow.
You have:- Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years experience working on AV, Robotics, or products that utilize Machine Learning or AI.
- Experience in analytical roles or AI / ML roles, interacting with data scientists, and a solid statistics foundation,
- Experience working at the intersection of hardware and software.
- A deep understanding of driving, vehicles and rules of the road.
- Ability to think about long-term product vision, and then decompose that into concrete, actionable plans with cross-org alignment.
We prefer:- Experience with Evaluation of AVs, Large Foundational Model training / evaluation pipelines or the evaluation / experimentation platforms for large production systems (Ads, Search, Ranking, etc..).
- Experience working on system reliability of large fleets, servers, hardware deployments, data centers.
- An understanding of the hardware pieces that go into an autonomous vehicle stack, decomposition of system reliability and experience evaluating system performance,
- Master's degree in a technical or engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Salary Range
$241,000-$297,000 USD
