Lead Systems Architect - Autonomous Drive Hardware

Waymo; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity incentive plan

Company benefits program

Job summary

Waymo seeks a Systems Architect to lead the architecture of the Waymo Driver, coordinating across Software, Hardware, Sensing, Compute, Safety and Reliability teams to ensure a cohesive, high-availability system. You will present data-driven recommendations and guide architectural decisions from concept through deployment.

Reporting to a Systems Architect, you will need 5+ years in systems architecture or related fields and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in systems architecture, systems engineering, or complex system design.
• Proven ability to lead and execute complex technical trade studies across multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-attribute trade studies to define the architecture of the Waymo Driver.
• Develop and analyze architectural options for the Self-Driving System with emphasis on safety.
• Collaborate with Software, Hardware, Sensing, Compute, Safety, Reliability teams to align architectural decisions.
• Define key system interfaces and behaviors for cohesive design.
• Create technical recommendations for senior leadership with data-driven analysis.
• Decompose architectural decisions into subsystem requirements.

Skills

Systems architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Trade studies

Complex system design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SysML

Job description

Waymo seeks a Systems Architect to lead the architecture of the Waymo Driver, coordinating across Software, Hardware, Sensing, Compute, Safety and Reliability teams to ensure a cohesive, high-availability system. You will present data-driven recommendations and guide architectural decisions from concept through deployment.

Reporting to a Systems Architect, you will need 5+ years in systems architecture or related fields and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.