Engineering Manager, Data Mining & Sampling, Evaluation

Polluxa, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo is seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead a small data science–friendly team focused on scaling evaluation and ML development. You will develop tools for mining and sampling data from driving logs, employ advanced sampling and simulations, and drive automation to enable rapid expansion to new cities.

You will mentor engineers and data scientists, contribute hands-on to both engineering and data science projects, and partner with leads across product, engineering, data science,

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or related field.
• 7+ years of industry experience with C++, SQL, and Python.
• Experience building data processing pipelines.
• Strong data fluency and statistical methods knowledge.
• Experience managing teams of up to 8 people.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools for mining safety-relevant situations from driving logs using ML and data.
• Apply advanced sampling and simulations to improve signal for metrics.
• Build automation for mining and sampling ecosystem to scale to new cities.
• Contribute hands-on to engineering and data science projects.
• Provide technical leadership for a small data-science-friendly team.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data science, frontend and backend leads to set strategy.

Skills

C++

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Statistical methods

ML concepts

Team leadership

Education

BS/MS in CS/Robotics/Statistics/Physics/Math

Job description

About the Role

The Waymo Driver is performing well in more and more cities, with our scale rapidly accelerating. Our team's job is to ensure that we can continue to evaluate safety and service quality across new cities and countries, each with their unique challenges. We need an experienced, technically hands-on engineering manager with strong quantitative skills to lead a small team and work with partners to scale eval and ML development by exploring new methods and delivering tools for mining and sampling data. In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Staff manager.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools for easy mining of novel situations that might impact safety from our driving logs for use in evaluation and ML datasets, using a mixture of ML and structured data
• Advanced sampling techniques and tuning of simulations to get strong signal for metrics and models from our datasets
• Build automation for our mining and sampling ecosystem so Waymo can rapidly scale to new cities
• Make hands-on technical contributions to both engineering and data science-oriented projects
• Provide strong management and technical leadership for a small team of data science-friendly engineers
• Partner with leads and teams across Waymo to determine and execute on strategy, including product, engineering, data science, frontend, and backend

Requirements

• Strong engineering design and programming skills
• Strong data fluency and analysis skills
• Familiarity with statistical methods including hypothesis testing, experiment design, and sampling
• Familiarity with foundational and contemporary ML concepts and practices
• Experience managing teams of up to 8 people
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math, or other quantitative area
• 7+ years of industry experience with:
  • C++, SQL, and Python experience
  • Navigating and modifying a large code base containing C++, SQL, and Python
  • Building data processing pipelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Eval experience, such as building and validating metrics to measure quality in complex systems
• Strong statistical background (MSc-level stats or similar expertise from work experience)
• Strong ML background (MSc-level ML or similar expertise from work experience)
• Experience working in the AV industry and/or with simulations