Senior Product Manager, Sensing Resilience & AI Perception

Waymo; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Mental health resources

Onsite wellness centers

Parental leave

401(k) plans

Fertility assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a Product Manager to own the roadmap for Sensing Resilience in a hybrid San Francisco setting. You will collaborate with Product, Perception, Hardware, Systems Engineering, Simulation/Eval, and Operations to craft solutions aligning with safety goals and product outcomes.

You will surface long-term needs, translate them into team roadmaps, and drive cross-functional alignment with teams like Freeways, Weather, and New Platforms to advance Waymo’s sensing capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Translate company goals into team outcomes and build cross-functional roadmaps.
• Experience shipping products with sensing components (cameras, LiDAR, or RADAR).
• 4+ years of Product Management experience.
• Advanced degree in engineering or business (MS, MBA).
• Experience with large ML/AI models.
• Experience shipping and scaling products with critical sensing dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the roadmap for Sensing Resilience, covering calibration scalability, multi-platform sensing validation, fault recovery, and safe driving with degraded systems
• Deeply understand Waymo’s longer-term roadmap to surface and drive longer-term needs that impact Waymo’s business, product, and safety goals
• Work closely with multiple partner teams, including Product, Perception, Hardware, Systems Engineering, Simulation/Eval, and Operations to develop creative and effective solutions to meet product goals
• Collaborate with multiple major cross-functional teams, including Freeways, Weather, and New Platforms

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Roadmap development

Product management

ML/AI models experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Advanced degree (MS, MBA)

Job description

Waymo is seeking a Product Manager to own the roadmap for Sensing Resilience in a hybrid San Francisco setting. You will collaborate with Product, Perception, Hardware, Systems Engineering, Simulation/Eval, and Operations to craft solutions aligning with safety goals and product outcomes.

You will surface long-term needs, translate them into team roadmaps, and drive cross-functional alignment with teams like Freeways, Weather, and New Platforms to advance Waymo’s sensing capabilities.