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 Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways. We set the high performance standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe, then design and perform the tests that validate that performance. We're looking for talented teammates who’ll help us maintain strong teamwork and are passionate about driving results.
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Systems Engineering Lead.
You will:
- Work with cross functional teams including software engineers, product managers, and operations leads to develop and implement requirements, system architecture, and verification strategy for new depot & offhail automation features. You will help automate these processes to drive greater fleet efficiency including automated low power mode switching, downloading and installing new software, logging and offloading data, and more.
- Develop deep technical understanding of existing and new depot & offhail automation features and drive a robust end-to-end verification and monitoring system to ensure these features meet high efficacy goals
- Develop qualification methods to launch new features and depots and provide engineering recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Debug field issues to determine root cause and identify solutions with cross functional teams. Be the point person for retrospectives and implement improvements to test coverage and processes to prevent similar issues from happening in the future
- Extend existing depot automation features to new vehicle platforms to ensure feature parity across the diverse Waymo fleet.
- Apply your existing technical depth to new areas and learn quickly
You have:
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or other technical field
- At least 8 years of experience in systems engineering, software development, or related field
- A systems engineering mindset and a proactive, data-driven approach to fixing problems
- Comfortable juggling multiple projects at once and working in ambiguity
- Ability to read c++ to understand feature implementation and debug issues more effectively
- Ability to query data sets (SQL) and create dashboards for debugging and performance monitoring
We prefer:
- Strong foundation in system engineering fundamentals such as requirements definition, formal verification and validation methods
- Experience with test development including simulation and hardware in the loop
- Experience deploying products at scale
- Experience with software integration testing
- Experience deploying products at scale
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
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or another technical field
- At least 8 years of experience in systems engineering, software development, or a related field
- Systems engineering mindset and proactive, data-driven approach to problem solving
- Ability to manage multiple projects and work effectively in ambiguous situations
- Ability to read C++ to understand feature implementation and debug issues
- Ability to query datasets using SQL and create dashboards for debugging and performance monitoring
- Strong foundation in systems engineering fundamentals, including requirements definition and formal verification and validation methods
- Experience developing tests, including simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Experience deploying products at scale
- Experience with software integration testing
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.
