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Waymo

Senior Systems Engineer, Depot Automation

Waymo, Mountain View, California, us, 94039

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Overview

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips and has driven over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states. Waymo's Systems Engineering team blends software and hardware systems to set standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe. We design and perform tests to validate performance, and we value teamwork and a results-driven mindset. In this hybrid role, you will report to a Systems Engineering Manager.

You will

Work with cross-functional teams including software engineers, product managers, and operations leads to develop and implement requirements, system architecture, and verification strategy for new depot automation features, such as navigation within depots, charging, power cycling and software updates

Develop deep technical understanding of existing and new depot automation features and drive a robust end-to-end verification and monitoring system to ensure these features meet high efficacy goals

Develop qualification methods to launch new features and depots and provide engineering recommendations to senior stakeholders

Debug field issues to determine root cause and identify solutions with cross-functional teams. Be the point person for retrospectives and implement improvements to test coverage and processes to prevent similar issues from happening in the future

You have

A bachelors degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or other technical field

At least 8 years of experience in systems engineering, software development, or related field

A systems engineering mindset and a proactive, data-driven approach to fixing problems

Experience applying existing technical depth to new areas

Ability to write code for use in debugging, querying data sets (SQL), and creating dashboards

We prefer

Strong foundation in system engineering fundamentals such as requirements definition, formal verification and validation methods

Experience with positioning or inertial navigation

Experience with simulation based testing

Experience with test development including simulation and hardware in the loop

Experience deploying products at scale

Ability to read C++ in order to better root cause issues and understand feature implementation

Salary information: 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 $196,000—$248,000 USD

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