Waymo · 2 months ago
Technical Lead, Planner
Mountain View, California, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$238K/yr - $302K/yr
8+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The role involves providing technical leadership for ML model development for Planner Selection and mentoring junior engineers while improving the performance of state-of-the-art ML models.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for ML model development for Planner Selection
Provide mentorship for junior engineers on the team
Investigate driving behavior issues from logs and understand the root cause
Improve performance of the state of the art ML models in Planner
Develop foundational frameworks that help advancement of the Waymo Driver's capabilities
Expand the impact of ML models while preserving interpretability and behavioral guarantees
Qualification
Required
Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a similar discipline
Proficiency in Python or C++
Experience with Machine Learning models in production systems
Preferred
AV or Robotics experience
8+ years of Software Engineering experience in complex systems
Benefits
Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program
Company
Waymo
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.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (231)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.1BKey Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
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