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.
As part of Waymo's Legal team, you will work on the exciting legal issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help drive our business lines forward from technology ideation through scaled commercial deployment. We partner with our public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to define transportation policy for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on regulatory changes that support and protect our users around the world. We collaborate with our engineering, product, strategy and operations teams to develop and protect our intellectual property portfolio and drive our corporate and commercial transactions. We ensure compliance with an increasingly complex and dynamic range of global regulations. And we anticipate, mitigate, and litigate high-profile and precedent-setting legal matters.
In this hybrid role, you will report into our Managing Counsel.
You will:
- Provide a full range of hands on legal services in support of Waymo’s success in the UK, including, advising on a variety of legal matters associated with Waymo’s UK market entry and on-going operations, providing legal advice and guidance on a variety of UK specific negotiations and advocacy initiatives, and handling UK specific dispute resolutions.
- Provide strategic legal guidance to key cross-functional internal stakeholders on a wide range of legal, business, corporate strategy and governance issues relevant to the UK.
- Work closely with key partners such as public policy and public affairs, product counsels, regulatory counsels, communications, compliance, strategy, operations, and other Waymo teams to jointly develop and implement winning strategies, including representing Waymo in interactions with local agencies and organizations as required.
- Support cross-functional global teams with navigating country/region specific laws and regulations, including coordinating internally and externally to closely monitor, review, report on, and potentially shape new or changing laws and regulations in the UK relevant to Waymo’s business.
- Gain subject matter expertise in new areas as novel UK issues and topics emerge.
- Support compliance and other corporate governance tasks related to the UK.
You have:
- Law degree (LLB, LLM or JD)
- Admitted to practice law as a Solicitor or Barrister in the UK
- Experience assisting international technology companies with introducing new products and services into the UK
- Experience engaging UK regulators and other authorities on a range of topics
- At least 5 years of experience practicing law
We prefer:
- Experience working in the automotive industry or ride-hailing industry in the UK
- Experience working as an in house counsel in the UK
- Demonstrated experience working with international legal teams and clients
- At least 7 years of experience practicing law, with at least 3 year of experience as an in house counsel
The expected base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Skills Required
- Law degree, including LLB, LLM, or JD
- Admission to practice law as a UK Solicitor or Barrister
- Experience assisting international technology companies with introducing products and services into the UK
- Experience engaging UK regulators and other authorities
- At least 5 years of experience practicing law
- Experience working in the UK automotive or ride-hailing industry
- Experience working as in-house counsel in the UK
- Experience working with international legal teams and clients
- At least 7 years of experience practicing law, including at least 3 years as in-house counsel
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.
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