Senior Software Engineer: Quantitative Evaluations & Metrics

Waymo; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo in the United States is seeking experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists for the Planner Evaluation team to advance how we measure and improve the Onboard software stack. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager.

You will develop signals to measure performance, use simulation and real world driving logs to assess driving quality, and design methods to connect onboard software changes with simulated outcomes.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area.
• Strong self-motivation to navigate complex systems and pursue open-ended problems to completion.
• 2-3 years of industry experience with software engineering and data science.
• Navigating and modifying a large code base containing languages such as C++, Python and SQL.
• Performing statistical analyses and building data processing pipelines.
• Writing, reviewing, and merging code following industry standards for code health and maintainability.
• Quant/data fluency is a top requirement.

Responsibilities

• Develop signals to measure the performance and driving qualities of the Waymo driver, using statistics, math, physics, algorithms and machine learning.
• Use simulation creatively and mine real world driving logs to measure driving performance.
• Design and implement methods to make a stronger connection between onboard software changes and simulated outcomes.
• Champion code health and best practices in a large and complex code base.
• Analyze data and make recommendations on how to improve metric quality and interpretability.
• Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, statisticians and the leadership team to deliver evaluation products and help make data driven decisions.

Skills

Quant/data fluency

Statistics

Data processing pipelines

Code health

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math

Tools

C++

Python

SQL

Job description

Waymo in the United States is seeking experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists for the Planner Evaluation team to advance how we measure and improve the Onboard software stack. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager.

You will develop signals to measure performance, use simulation and real world driving logs to assess driving quality, and design methods to connect onboard software changes with simulated outcomes.