Principal Architect, Autonomous Driving Simulation

Waymo LLC; Mountain View (WY); On-site; USD 298,000 - 368,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity incentive plan

Generous benefits program

Job summary

Waymo LLC is seeking a Principal technical leader for the Simulator Team to guide architectural strategy and drive large-scale integrations across the Simulator software stack. You will lead projects enabling onboard architectures and ML systems, while shaping simulation and evaluation workflows and cross-functional collaboration.

You will mentor senior engineers, define scalable interfaces, and partner with leaders across onboard, simulation realism, and vehicle platforms to advance the Waymo

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in CS/Robotics/EE or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Extensive experience operating at a technical leadership level in AV, simulation, robotics, or related complex simulation/autonomy domain.
• Proven track record of setting multi-year technical vision and delivering cross-team integrations.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical designs to senior leadership and partners.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead horizontal software integrations across the Waymo Simulator stack.
• Define long-term vision, interfaces, and boundaries to connect onboard autonomy with offboard simulation and evaluation workflows.
• Drive multi-quarter roadmaps and large-scale architectural migrations across teams.
• Collaborate with senior leaders across onboard, sim realism, vehicle platforms, and evaluation for end-to-end system design.
• Establish standards, frameworks, and validation methods to accelerate Waymo Driver capabilities in simulation.
• Mentor senior engineers and leads to raise architecture quality and cross-team execution.

Skills

C++ development

Large-scale architecture

Cross-team collaboration

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Robotics/EE or related

Job description

Waymo LLC is seeking a Principal technical leader for the Simulator Team to guide architectural strategy and drive large-scale integrations across the Simulator software stack. You will lead projects enabling onboard architectures and ML systems, while shaping simulation and evaluation workflows and cross-functional collaboration.

You will mentor senior engineers, define scalable interfaces, and partner with leaders across onboard, simulation realism, and vehicle platforms to advance the Waymo