Hardware Engineering is a diverse, innovative, and collaborative group of electrical, mechanical, reliability, software and vehicle engineers. We design, build, and perfect the products which are the eyes and ears of Waymo's autonomous driving technology, and integrate those products into vehicle platforms. We're seeking curious and talented teammates to keep us moving in the right direction.

In this System Architecture Engineer role, you'll:

• Deeply understand the underlying technology solutions and challenges in the autonomous vehicle space to inform the architectural directions you recommend
• Formulate and drive complex tradeoffs across system attributes, including performance, robustness, power, mass, cost, schedule, reliability, etc.
• Drive investigations and model sensor performance and collaborate with perception software teams to inform system level hardware decision making
• Reconcile and balance product and system-level requirements against core technology pushes to distill an optimal architecture, defining and managing key interfaces among system components and the teams delivering them
• Collaborate broadly and cross-functionally with perception software, systems engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver end-to-end system level solutions based on the architectures you define
• Lead and communicate effectively to make recommendations and drive alignment and execution amongst all stakeholders

At a minimum, we'd like you to have:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant Engineering or related field (including CS, EE, Robotics, etc.) or equivalent practical experience; Master’s Degree preferred
• 6+years of engineering experience architecting complex systems in industry; 3+ years in the automotive, automation, autonomous vehicles, or robotics industry preferred

It's preferred if you have:

• Proven systems-thinking mindset and skills, and system / safety engineering practice; understanding of ISO26262, IEC 61508, and/or other related standards and their applicability to autonomous vehicles preferred
• Experience writing analyses in a high level language Python (numpy, matplotlib), or Matlab and writing database queries (SQL)
• Technical expertise in sensing technology. (e.g. lidar, cameras, or radar)
• Broad knowledge of engineering fundamentals ranging from atoms to bits, including ability to read and comprehend code (C++, Python, Matlab, etc.) desired; familiarity with model-based methods and tools (such as SysML) preferred
• Demonstrated technical leadership and track record of taking complex systems from research stage through full product development life cycle to launch and deployment
• Strong communication skills and leadership abilities to work with both internal and cross-functional engineering teams to align and drive towards optimal decisions for the product and technology