Waymo

Software Engineer, Planner Reasoning

Waymo$175K — $215K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelors in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years of Software Engineering experience in Python or C++
  • Experience debugging and improving live, production systems
  • Experience designing scalable software architectures for complex systems
  • Demonstrated alignment with Waymo's Values and Behaviors

Responsibilities

  • Develop business logic software to enhance the Waymo Driver's performance
  • Collaborate on ensuring safety, road rules compliance, and ride quality
  • Implement methods to evaluate and improve driving behaviors
  • Assess new changes using diverse data-driven approaches
  • Analyze vast datasets from real and simulated driving to characterize performance
  • Engage with ML models to enhance driving problem-solving capabilities

Benefits

  • Participate in a discretionary annual bonus program
  • Engage in an equity incentive plan
  • Enjoy a generous benefits package
  • Eligible for remote work options
Full Job Description
In this hybrid role, you will report to an Engineering Manager.

You will:
  • Develop business logic software to evolve driving performance of the Waymo Driver
  • Work cross-functionally on safety, road rules compliance, and ride quality
  • Develop and implement methods to evaluate and improve Waymo driving behaviors
  • Evaluate new proposed changes utilizing a range of data-driven methods
  • Analyze large amounts of data of real world and simulated driving, understanding, characterizing and clustering the performance of the Waymo Driver
  • Interact with ML models to maximize their impact towards solving driving problems

You have:
  • Bachelors in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics, Statistics (or similar technical field of study) or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years of Software Engineering experience in Python or C++
  • Experience debugging and improving live, production systems
  • Experience with designing scalable software architectures for complex systems
  • Demonstrated alignment with Waymo's Values and Behaviors

We prefer:
  • Proficiency in C++
  • Experience with large-scale data/ML applications
  • Evaluation experience, contributing to scalable evaluation workflows
  • Experience with autonomous systems


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

$175,000-$215,000 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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