Waymo

Senior Software Engineer, Simulator Platform

Waymo$204K — $259K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in backend development and production monitoring
  • Strong proficiency in C++
  • Hands-on experience with product development
  • Understanding of workflows, databases, and SQL

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with onboard and research teams to scale simulation capabilities
  • Support the development and evolution of mapping data within the simulator
  • Enhance the performance and reliability of the simulation environment
  • Design long-term architectural solutions to meet growing internal customer needs

Benefits

  • Participation in annual bonus programs
  • Eligibility for equity incentive plans
  • Access to a generous Company benefits program
Full Job Description
The Simulator Team at Waymo builds state-of-the-art simulations of realistic environments for testing and training the Waymo Driver. Your team will be a diverse, and collaborative group of machine learning (ML) engineers, software engineers and data scientists. We develop industry-leading simulation solutions using advanced ML algorithms that measure and enhance the performance of the Waymo Driver. We achieve those goals by jointly modeling the real world, including realistic agents (vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists), roads, traffic control systems, and weather conditions, and the full sensor suite including camera, Lidar and radars.

To increase the fidelity, scalability and controllability of our simulations,we employ the latest ML technologies such as large language models, foundational world models, and reconstructive methods trained on large-scale datasets with both generative and reconstructive technologies, as well as traditional rendering approaches.

In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Staff Engineering Manager.

You will:
  • Work closely with onboard and research engineers to scale simulation and enable critical Waymo milestones
  • Support development, testing and evolution of mapping data in the simulator
  • Improve / monitor the performance, scalability and the reliability of the simulator
  • Design the long term architecture to fit the product to an increasing number of internal customers

You have:
  • Hands-on experience building a popular (internal or external-facing) product
  • 5+ years of experience with backend knowledge such as workflows, databases, SQL, production monitoring, etc
  • Strong in C++

We prefer:
  • Experience with the release of software in a highly distributed heterogeneous execution environment
  • Experience with systems programming (game engines, database, OS, distributed)
  • Experience with ML

#LI-Hybrid

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

$204,000-$259,000 USD

About Waymo

Waymo LLC is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google. Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and provides ride-hailing services through its Waymo One program. The company has been testing its self-driving technology on public roads since 2009 and has logged millions of miles of autonomous driving. Waymo has partnerships with several automakers and has been working on developing autonomous trucks for use in logistics.
Learn more about Waymo
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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