Litigation Counsel

Waymo; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 281,000 - 356,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a skilled litigation attorney to navigate the complex legal landscape of autonomous driving technology. In this pivotal role, you will manage litigation and provide strategic legal advice while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Your expertise will help shape transportation policy and ensure compliance with evolving regulations. Join a dynamic team dedicated to innovation and safety, where your contributions will drive significant impact in the rapidly evolving world of autonomous vehicles.

Benefits

Discretionary Annual Bonus Program

Equity Incentive Plan

Generous Company Benefits Program

Qualifications

• 6+ years of litigation experience with law firms or in-house legal departments.
• Experience in product liability and automotive negligence.

Responsibilities

• Manage litigation, civil subpoenas, and related document production.
• Provide proactive litigation and product liability prevention advice.

Skills

Litigation Management

Product Liability

Automotive Negligence

Government Investigations

Excellent Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

Job description

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

As part of Waymo's Legal team, you will work on the exciting legal issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help drive our business lines forward from technology ideation through scaled commercial deployment. We partner with our public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to define transportation policy for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on regulatory changes that support and protect our users around the world. We collaborate with our engineering, product, strategy and operations teams to develop and protect our intellectual property portfolio and drive our corporate and commercial transactions. We ensure compliance with an increasingly complex and dynamic range of global regulations. And we anticipate, mitigate, and litigate high-profile and precedent-setting legal matters.

You will be based in or around the Bay area (hybrid in office/work from home) and report into our Assistant General Counsel.

You will:

• Be primarily responsible for managing litigation, civil subpoenas, and related document production


• Further Waymo's litigation readiness, including proactive discovery preparedness


• Provide proactive litigation and product liability prevention advice


• Counsel the insurance team on managing claims


• Participate on the legal on call rotation for incident response


• Advise on, and prepare responses to document and information requests for investigations

You have:

• 6+ years of prior litigation experience with a law firm and/or in-house legal department.


• Product liability and automotive negligence experience


• Experience responding to governmental investigations, familiarity with NHTSA investigations.


• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively at all levels of the company and cross-functionally, including with executives and technical staff.


• Detailed and in-depth understanding of the litigation life-cycle, experience managing offensive and defensive litigation team efforts, and ediscovery processes, workflows and best practices.


• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage a significant workload with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.


• High level of enthusiasm for winning together as a team, driving achievement while being business-focused, and working collaboratively with legal and non-legal stakeholders.


• Experience working with engineers of complex products and/or novel technologies


• Strong problem solving skills and ability to manage ambiguity

We prefer:

• Experience counseling across a range of subject matters relevant to regulated industries or AI.


• In-house and/or trial experience.


• Experience responding to governmental requests for information, and/or other torts, commercial, employment, or IP litigation experience.


• On call or incident response experience


• Experience advising on document retention programs

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.

Salary Range

$281,000—$356,000 USD