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Waymo · 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer, Planner Reasoning

positionMountain View, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$204K/yr - $259K/yr
date6+ years exp

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Planner Reasoning Team is responsible for the Waymo Driver’s behavior, focusing on developing software to improve driving performance and ensuring safety and compliance. In this role, you will work cross-functionally to analyze data and implement methods to enhance the Waymo Driver's capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

PythonC++Software EngineeringData analysisScalable software architectureEvaluation experienceAutonomous systems experienceAlignment with valuesCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelors in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics, Statistics (or similar technical field of study) or equivalent practical experience
6+ 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

Preferred

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

Benefits

Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program

Company

Waymo

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Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
dateFounded in 2009
location
Mountain View, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://waymo.com

H1B Sponsorship

Waymo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$11.1B
Key Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M

Leadership Team

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Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
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