Within Perception, the Sensor Health team's job is to make sure that sensors "just work" for the entire self-driving car software stack. We make sure that all sensors are properly calibrated and consistently monitored at all times. We process data from next-generation sensors on next-generation vehicle platforms and work closely with both hardware and software teams to provide the best possible sensor data from our sensors to our upstream customers. To this end, we develop sensor data alignment and calibration algorithms, a growing sensor health backend, and deploy our systems both into the Waymo Driver and our log processing backend.
In this hybrid remote/in-office role, you will report to a Senior Staff TLM.
You will:- Lead and build a team of ML engineers in charge of reliable sensing anomaly detection and calibration
- Build a data flywheel to automatically generate suitable training data for rare instance sensor degradation events using VLMs
- Own the entire sensor validation stack end to end
- Drive and accelerate collaborations between perception, system engineering, evaluation, and Alphabet teams
You have:- MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics or equivalent industry experience
- 6+ years of experience in designing, training, and deploying ML-driven real-time robotics systems
- 4+ years of experience leading technical teams and setting technical directions
- 2+ years of people management experience
We prefer:- PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics, or a related technical field
- Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or related automotive industries.
- Experience with various sensor modalities (e.g., LiDAR, radar, cameras) and their unique challenges.
- Familiarity with early fusion multi modal sensor models and their development challenges
- Experience with rare instance or zero-shot detection problems
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
$238,000-$302,000 USD
