Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
The Hardware Global Supply Management (GSM) - Silicon & Electronic Components team manages high-complexity, high-value commercial sourcing for custom Silicon (E.g. ASICs, SoCs, OSAT/packaging) and Electronic Components (E.g. Passives, Discretes, PCB, Analog/Mixed Signal, Microcontrollers). The team is at the forefront of combining engineering architecture with strong business strategies to enable robust technology solutions at the right time to empower key features and products, pioneering on hardware sourcing excellence and AI-driven automation.
Our team is highly analytical, collaborative, and forward-thinking, with an intent to solve longer term/strategic problems in addition to immediate supply chain challenges. We value strong technical-commercial capabilities, proactivity, and open-minded innovation. We navigate complex commercial and geopolitical environments with high autonomy, continuously push to improve manual tasks using AI automation, and build tight alliances with engineering and manufacturing partners both internally and externally.
Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!
You will:
- Perform should-cost modeling, component teardown analysis
- RFP/RFQ process documentation and template standardization; automation for feedback ingestion and analysis
You have:
- Enrolled in a BS or MS program in Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or related technical fields.
- Understanding of semiconductor and electronic components fabrication, packaging, passive/discrete component lifecycles, and design fundamentals.
- Proficiency in AI and automation via prompting, Python scripting, agentic automation frameworks, and workspace automation.
- Strong experience with bottom-up should-cost modeling, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and large-scale BOM/financial analytics in Excel/Sheets.
We prefer:
- Strong ability to collaborate with engineering/architecture teams to drive commercial supplier negotiations and financial modeling for component selection processes.
- Prior experience building prototype/NPI pipelines with validation logging and human-in-the-loop review.
- Communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex technical tradeoffs into crisp executive summaries.
- Highly capable of navigating ambiguity and operating with independence in a fast-paced environment.
Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.
Skills Required
- Currently enrolled in a BS or MS program in Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or a related technical field
- Understanding of semiconductor and electronic component fabrication, packaging, passive/discrete component lifecycles, and design fundamentals
- Proficiency in AI and automation through prompting, Python scripting, agentic automation frameworks, and workspace automation
- Strong experience with bottom-up should-cost modeling, Total Cost of Ownership, and large-scale BOM or financial analytics in Excel or Sheets
- Ability to collaborate with engineering and architecture teams on supplier negotiations and financial modeling for component selection
- Experience building prototype or NPI pipelines with validation logging and human-in-the-loop review
- Strong communication skills and ability to synthesize complex technical tradeoffs into executive summaries
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and operate independently in a fast-paced environment
Waymo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Waymo and has not been reviewed or approved by Waymo.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered strong for full‑time technical roles, aligning with top‑tier AV/Big Tech benchmarks. Employer materials also emphasize competitive pay with eligibility for bonuses and equity as part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental‑health resources, onsite wellness centers, and counseling, with specialized programs such as menopause and transgender medical advocacy. Dependents are included, indicating depth across core health needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Offerings include fertility and family‑forming assistance, parental and baby‑bonding leave, caregiver and elder‑care support, and backup childcare. These programs are positioned to support families through multiple life stages.
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What We Do
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives. Waymo reaches out to candidates from official channels only (e.g. directly from @waymo.com email addresses, or through our recruiters or sourcers who are noted as such on LinkedIn). We do not contact candidates about career opportunities through instant messaging apps like Telegram, email addresses from domains other than waymo.com (such as Gmail addresses), direct messages on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or text messages. Visit waymo.com to check out our official job listings.
