Waymo · 3 hours ago
Technical Lead Manager, Simulator Efficiency
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$281K/yr - $356K/yr
8+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company focused on building the Waymo Driver to enhance mobility and safety. The Technical Lead Manager, Simulator Efficiency will innovate and develop advanced simulation technologies, lead the deployment of sensor simulation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve company objectives.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Innovate and Develop: Join our world-class research engineering team to drive innovation in ultra-realistic sensor data and perception simulation for autonomous vehicles. You will develop the latest simulation technologies using 3D Gaussian Splatting, foundational models for sensor data, and traditional 3D graphics
Lead and Scale: Lead the deployment and scaling of sensor simulation to solve some of Waymo's hardest challenges. You will work in a highly cross-functional environment, collaborating with research, systems engineering, and other teams to accelerate company objectives
Transfer Research to Production: Work closely with Waymo's foundational AI research team to turn state-of-the-art research into scalable and production-ready solutions
Qualification
Required
MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning (ML), Robotics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Technical Leadership: 3+ years of experience leading technical teams, with a focus on promoting a collaborative and innovative environment
Industry Experience: 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years of experience in machine learning-based 3D Reconstruction techniques such as 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) and Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF), or traditional 3D reconstruction and rendering pipelines
Technical Fluency: Fluency in Python and C++, with experience developing ML software using frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Jax/Flax
Preferred
Experience processing or simulating Lidar, camera, or MIMO radar sensor data
Experience with autonomous systems, including robotics or autonomous vehicles (L4, L3+)
Experience integrating ML models into a highly distributed production system using C++
Experience training large-scale models on GPU/TPU clusters
Management experience
Benefits
Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in 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
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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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