Waymo · 4 days ago
Staff Software Engineer, TLM, Quantitative Evaluations
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$238K/yr - $302K/yr
5+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead a team focused on developing driving quality metrics and evaluating the performance of the Waymo Driver using advanced techniques. The role involves strategic planning, collaboration with various teams, and a commitment to code health and best practices.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Lead and manage a team of software engineers in charge of developing driving quality metrics, measuring the robustness of the Waymo Driver to its input (e.g. sensors data, maps), using a range of techniques including ML, statistics, and algorithms
Define a long-term strategy, develop roadmaps, and guide the team to execute projects from ambiguous requirements to high-impact deliverables
Use simulation creatively and mine real world driving logs to measure driving performance
Champion code health and best practices in a large and complex code base
Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, statisticians and the leadership team to deliver evaluation products and help make data driven decisions
Qualification
Required
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area
5+ years of experience in the field of software engineering
Solid technical leadership in defining vision, strategy and priorities
Proficiency in C++ or Python in a production environment
Strong technical communication and collaboration skills
Preferred
2+ years of experience in team management
Experience coding in C++
Experience with ML
Experience with A/B experiment infrastructure
Exposure to ad-hoc data analysis with SQL
Experience working in the AV industry
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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