Senior Inertial Navigation Software Engineer — Equity

Waymo LLC; California City (CA); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a software engineer to advance state estimation for the Waymo Driver. You will implement robust C++ production code fusing inertial, GNSS, and other sensors across vehicle platforms, and build tools to evaluate performance on millions of miles of real-world driving.

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team; MS or PhD or equivalent experience required; experience with Kalman/particle filters, multi-sensor fusion, and large-scale data analysis encouraged.

Qualifications

• MS, PhD or equivalent industry experience.
• Expertise in state estimation theory and application, including Kalman Filters, particle filters, factor graphs, and nonlinear optimization techniques.
• Deep understanding of inertial navigation principles, including sensor modeling, IMU error characterization, calibration, and multi-sensor fusion with GNSS and other aiding sensors.
• Strong C++ skills and ability to write high quality production level code.

Responsibilities

• Develop algorithms to improve the accuracy and robustness of our core state estimation algorithm.
• Engineer and deploy robust, production-quality C++ software to fuse data from inertial, GNSS, and other advanced sensors into our algorithm for both new and existing vehicle platforms.
• Build and maintain tools, pipelines, and evaluation frameworks to rigorously assess positioning system performance across millions of miles of real-world driving data.
• Leverage Waymo's massive datasets to conduct large-scale analyses and optimizations, fine-tune sensor models, characterize system performance, identify root causes of failures, and establish performance guarantees.
• Collaborate closely within a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to solve complex technical challenges, contribute to a culture of high standards, and share your expertise with fellow team members.

Skills

C++

State estimation

Kalman filters

Multisensor fusion

Python

Education

MS or PhD or equivalent

Tools

SQL

NumPy

Pandas

Matplotlib

Job description

Waymo is seeking a software engineer to advance state estimation for the Waymo Driver. You will implement robust C++ production code fusing inertial, GNSS, and other sensors across vehicle platforms, and build tools to evaluate performance on millions of miles of real-world driving.

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team; MS or PhD or equivalent experience required; experience with Kalman/particle filters, multi-sensor fusion, and large-scale data analysis encouraged.