Autonomy Driver Systems Lead Manager

Waymo LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Hybrid work

Educational reimbursement

On-site meals

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Waymo LLC is seeking a senior engineering leader to steer the Driver Refinement & Validation organization, focusing on scalable evaluation and improvements for autonomous driving behaviors. In this role you will mentor engineers, collaborate with Technical Leads, and design horizontal solutions for PUDOs to advance Waymo Driver performance across markets.

You will build quantitative evaluation techniques, work with product and onboard teams, and contribute to solving long-tail driving challenges

Qualifications

• PhD, Masters, or Bachelor in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or Robotics.
• 2+ years of management experience.
• Ability to solve cross-component design problems.
• High-quality API design with data-driven evaluation.
• Evaluation experience with scalable workflows and metrics for ML.
• 8+ years of Software Engineering in complex systems.
• C++, Python, and SQL coding proficiency.
• Experience with ML models in production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineers on the PUDOs team.
• Design and implement horizontal solutions for behavioral driving.
• Build quantitative evaluation techniques for on-road performance.
• Collaborate with Product and Onboard stack teams.
• Contribute to advancing Waymo Driver capabilities.
• Address challenging driving scenarios in long-tail contexts.

Skills

Management experience

API design

Data-driven evaluation

ML in production

C++

Python

SQL

Team mentoring

Education

PhD/Masters/Bachelors in CS/ML/Robotics

Tools

AV/Robotics experience

Job description

Waymo LLC is seeking a senior engineering leader to steer the Driver Refinement & Validation organization, focusing on scalable evaluation and improvements for autonomous driving behaviors. In this role you will mentor engineers, collaborate with Technical Leads, and design horizontal solutions for PUDOs to advance Waymo Driver performance across markets.

You will build quantitative evaluation techniques, work with product and onboard teams, and contribute to solving long-tail driving challenges