Senior Tech Lead & Manager, Collision Avoidance Testing

Waymo LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Hybrid work

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

401(k) plans

Job summary

Waymo LLC in San Francisco seeks a senior leader to head the Collision Avoidance Testing team within Behavior Test Engineering. You will hire, align OKRs, guide work, and shape the report’s career paths while coordinating with Planner, Perception, and Safety Engineering leaders.

You will steer technical direction with simulation teams, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and extensible testing frameworks for long-tail behavior in autonomous vehicles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or higher.
• MS or PhD in Engineering, Robotics, CS or a similar discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to build testing programs that scale.
• Prior AV experience and a passion for robotics or autonomous vehicles.
• Strong leadership and communication skills in a critical space.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Behavior Test Engineering’s Collision Avoidance Testing Team, including hiring, setting OKRs, guiding work, and developing your report’s careers
• Interface with key stakeholders from Planner, Perception, Systems Engineering and Safety Engineering executives on the Collision Avoidance Testing framework and desired AV behavior
• Work with Waymo’s simulation team on the latest cutting-edge sim technology and how it can be integrated into collision avoidance testing
• Lead technical work — develop and set the technical direction and architectural guidelines for Waymo’s long-tail behavioral testing suite

Skills

Leadership

Python/C++

Test engineering

Robotics/AV

Strong communication

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS

MS/PhD in Engineering/Robotics/CS

Job description

Waymo LLC in San Francisco seeks a senior leader to head the Collision Avoidance Testing team within Behavior Test Engineering. You will hire, align OKRs, guide work, and shape the report’s career paths while coordinating with Planner, Perception, and Safety Engineering leaders.

You will steer technical direction with simulation teams, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and extensible testing frameworks for long-tail behavior in autonomous vehicles.