Waymo · 14 hours ago
Vehicle Quality Engineer
Phoenix, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$158K/yr - $171K/yr
6+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Vehicle Quality Engineer will develop and execute vehicle control plans, manage quality controls, and ensure compliance with specifications to improve product quality in the manufacturing process.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop and execute the vehicle Control Plan for incoming, in-process, and outgoing quality controls, to assure the finished vehicle meets all technical specifications
Provide on-site support at the manufacturing operation site to manage quality controls in sub-assembly, vehicle integration, and vehicle system bring-up, including troubleshooting of vehicle systems, end-of-line testing, sensor calibration, and drive testing
Work with the manufacturing team daily on site at the factory, providing oversight of execution of agreed processes, assuring that manufacturing and inspection processes are performed correctly using the proper tools, materials and methods
Meticulously document problems and work cross-functionally to contain, root cause, and implement corrective actions. Assess and approve vehicle repairs and reworks to meet technical requirements
Verify each vehicle’s compliance to specification and sign off completed vehicles prior to shipment from the manufacturing facility to customers
Investigate, correct and monitor ongoing improvement of product quality issues identified in the manufacturing facility or experienced by customers. Must enable collaborative, timely, data-driven decision making to tackle product quality related issues
Qualification
Required
6+ years experience in a Manufacturing/Engineering/Operations Quality role in the automotive/transportation OEM or Tier supplier manufacturing arena
Bachelor's Engineering degree or equivalent work experience; extensive hands-on experience in automotive manufacturing can compensate for not having an engineering degree
Experience with a variety of light assembly and manufacturing processes
Understands typical automotive manufacturing, manual assembly, test and inspection methodologies
Strong skills leading the 7D problem solving processes: problem definition, containment, occurrence/escape root cause analysis, corrective/preventive action planning and execution
Demonstrates excellent problem solving & communication skills while working alone and in large teams; interfacing with assembly operators, inspectors, production supervisors, engineers, and technical managers
Preferred
10+ years experience in a Manufacturing/Engineering/Operations Quality role in the automotive/transportation OEM or Tier supplier manufacturing arena
Strong experience with manufacturing supply chain techniques and processes such as supplier audits, new product introductions, product life cycles, manufacturing engineering, first article inspection, technical documentation, and APQP/PPAP
Experience with quality control planning for early development engineering projects, and then executing and improving those quality plans to complete the pre-production and scaling of manufacturing operations
Demonstrated hands-on mechanical, manufacturing process and vehicle electrical troubleshooting experience
Detailed understanding of factory-related and customer-related product quality and reliability metrics
Experience with interpretation of design drawings/GD&T, schematics, and cosmetic standards for creation inspection criteria and execution of inspection plans
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
$27.1BKey Investors
Dragoneer Investment Group,DST Global,Sequoia CapitalAlphabetFidelity,Perry Creek Capital,T. Rowe Price
2026-02-02Series D· $16B
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Annabel Chang
Head of State Policy & Government Relations
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