Waymo · 2 days ago
Staff Technical Lead Manager, ML Sensor Validation
Kirkland, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$238K/yr - $302K/yr
6+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The role involves leading a team of ML engineers to ensure reliable sensing anomaly detection and calibration, while driving collaboration across various teams to enhance the sensor validation stack.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
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
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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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