Staff Software Engineer, Compute Reliability & Hardware Systems

Waymo; California (MO); On-site; USD 251,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity incentive plan

Generous Company benefits program

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a Planner/Perception Reliability engineer to build instrumentation and onboard architecture for reliability on Waymo compute platforms. You will lead cross-functional work to prevent, detect, and debug issues, spanning compilers, optimizers, and model changes.

Hybrid role reporting to a Tech Lead Manager. You should have BS/MS in a related field and experience with C++, CUDA/GPU/TPU acceleration, and GPU kernel development.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Comp Sci, EE, Robotics, Physics, Math, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience in C++.
• Experience with CUDA/GPU/TPU acceleration and model reliability or optimization.
• Experience with writing GPU kernels and evaluation/debugging of GPU workloads.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design and development of instrumentation and onboard architecture to proactively prevent, detect, and debug reliability issues across current and future Waymo compute platforms.
• Design and implement long-term strategies to systematically mitigate compute hardware reliability and numerical stability issues across heterogeneous platforms (CPU, TPU, GPU), creating scalable tools to automate triage, debugging, and resolution.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across Waymo, Alphabet, and external partners to architect proactive solutions that prevent issues originating from compilers (LLVM, XLA, JAX), optimization (AutoFDO), or model changes.
• Architect frameworks and diagnostics to proactively identify and eliminate complex software and firmware faults, including deadlocks, memory corruption, race conditions, memory leaks, or tail latency spikes.
• Influence the design and tooling of next-generation hardware platforms, serving as a technical authority to ensure a coherent, forward-looking reliability architecture.

Skills

C++

CUDA/GPU/TPU

GPU kernels

GPU workload debugging

Education

BS/MS in CS, EE, Robotics, Physics, Math, or related field

MS or PhD in CS/Robotics or equivalent

Job description

Waymo is seeking a Planner/Perception Reliability engineer to build instrumentation and onboard architecture for reliability on Waymo compute platforms. You will lead cross-functional work to prevent, detect, and debug issues, spanning compilers, optimizers, and model changes.

Hybrid role reporting to a Tech Lead Manager. You should have BS/MS in a related field and experience with C++, CUDA/GPU/TPU acceleration, and GPU kernel development.