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.
Waymo's Compute Team is tasked with a critical and exciting mission: We deliver the compute platform responsible for running the fully autonomous vehicle’s software stack. To achieve our mission, we architect and create high-performance custom silicon; we develop system-level compute architectures that push the boundaries of performance, power, and latency; and we collaborate closely with many other teammates to ensure we design and optimize hardware and software for maximum performance. We are a multidisciplinary team seeking curious and talented teammates to work on one of the world’s highest performance automotive compute platforms.
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Silicon Engineering Lead.
You will:
- Define and drive formal strategy for first-pass silicon success. Own the formal verification sign-off approach across complex IP and SoC designs, utilizing advanced formal techniques (e.g., Bounded Model Checking, Datapath Validation, Connectivity, Sequential LEC, etc.)
- Architect robust and scalable FV environments. Develop and deploy reusable formal testbenches, methodology flows, and high-coverage SVA assertion suites for systemic deployment across multiple design blocks and projects
- Technical leadership & mentorship. Serve as the team's formal Subject Matter Expert, training and guiding logic designers and verification engineers to effectively incorporate formal methods into their workflows
- Strategic planning and test plan execution. Collaborate with Architecture and Design teams to translate complex system and IP specifications into comprehensive formal verification test plans
- Drive FV Infrastructure & Reporting. Maintain and enhance continuous integration, regression flows, and dashboarding to provide clear, actionable formal verification status and sign-off metrics to leadership
- Advanced bug-hunting and debugging. Apply state-of-the-art formal techniques (e.g., assume-guarantee, abstractions, reductions) to tackle and efficiently decompose the most challenging, intractable verification problems
You have:
- BS/MS/PhD in CS/EE or related field, combined with 5+ years of hands-on formal verification experience on shipping silicon products
- Deep, expert-level proficiency with at least one major commercial formal verification platform (e.g., Cadence JasperGold, Synopsys VC Formal, Mentor Questa Formal)
- High level language proficiency in C++ and/or Python
- Ability to model complex designs in SystemVerilog and advanced SystemVerilog Assertions, including writing complex cut-points and environment models for effective formal proof convergence
- Proven track record in applying advanced formal debug techniques for problem decomposition (e.g., clock domain crossings, abstractions, assume-guarantee reasoning)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams (Design, Architecture, Software) and drive technical alignment
We prefer:
- Informed of latest developments in formal verification research and industry practice, identify opportunities for Waymo's silicon development process
- Experience in formally proving correctness of arithmetic units such as floating point adders and multipliers
- Knowledge/experience working with NOCs and networking topologies, protocols (Eg. AXI/AMBA)
- Understand basic principles of cache coherency
- Experience with high-performance designs
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations 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. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
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
- BS/MS/PhD in CS/EE or related field
- 5+ years of formal verification experience on shipping silicon products
- Expert-level proficiency with commercial formal verification platform
- High level language proficiency in C++ and/or Python
- Ability to model complex designs in SystemVerilog and SystemVerilog Assertions
- Proven track record in advanced formal debug techniques
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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.
