Waymo · 23 hours ago
Engineering Manager, Hill-Climbing & Launch Eval
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$238K/yr - $302K/yr
5+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The role involves managing a high-performing team of software engineers, defining technical strategies, overseeing the delivery of evaluation platforms, and fostering a culture of inclusivity and technical excellence.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Manage, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers (levels ranging from Junior to Staff), handling performance reviews, career planning, and hiring
Define the technical strategy and 12+ month roadmap for evaluation frameworks that allow for rapid, safe and smooth hill-climbing & release for Waymo Perception models, accelerating multi-city expansion and keeping alignment with company-wide safety goals
Oversee the end-to-end delivery of complex evaluation platforms and data pipelines, removing blockers and ensuring the team meets critical release deadlines and accelerates the evolution of Perception models
Serve as the primary point of contact for the team, collaborating deeply with ML researchers, simulation & ML infra teams, and safety experts to define & measure what 'success' looks like for the Waymo Driver
Guide technical decision-making and architectural trade-offs (without necessarily writing the code), ensuring the team builds scalable, maintainable, and reliable systems
Foster a culture of psychological safety, technical excellence, and inclusivity, while managing team capacity and resource planning
Qualification
Required
2+ years of experience directly managing software engineering teams, including performance management, hiring, and retention
Previous background as a software engineer or technical lead (5+ years) with a strong understanding of evaluation frameworks and methodologies, scalable data pipelines and performance benchmarks
Proven ability to manage complex technical projects with ambiguous requirements and multiple stakeholders, delivering on time and at quality
Experience using metrics and data to drive team improvements and measure project success
Ability to translate high-level business goals (e.g., 'Launch in Austin') into concrete technical roadmaps and team priorities
Preferred
Experience working in Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, or Safety-Critical systems
Familiarity with the lifecycle of Machine Learning models, specifically regarding evaluation, validation, testing, or 'ground truth' data generation
Experience managing teams that own large-scale data processing pipelines (Spark, Flume, Beam) or high-throughput 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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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
Director of U.S. State and Local Public Policy and Political Campaigns
Recent News
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