Staff Systems Test Architect - Scalable QA & Automation

Waymo; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity incentive

Generous benefits

Job summary

Waymo's Systems Engineering team is seeking a seasoned Test Engineer to help scale quality across our driver testing infrastructure. You will architect scalable QC methods, drive meta-quality programs, and push automation to keep vast scenario tests healthy as we expand to new cities and vehicle platforms.

Reporting to a Staff Program Manager in a hybrid role, you will lead testing programs at scale, build dashboards, mentor teams, and partner with SMEs to set standards that enable our vendor

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or other relevant technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in Test Engineering, QA Engineering, Software Development in Test, Site Reliability Engineering, Technical Operations or equivalent.
• Excellent debugging and Python/C++ coding skills.
• Proficiency in SQL or other data analysis tools
• Experience architecting testing programs at scale.
• Experience leading/driving test automation strategies.
• Ability to thrive in a high-ambiguity, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Design Scalable Quality Architecture: Move the organization towards scalable QC methodologies for test creation (e.g., statistical sampling, risk-based auditing, and automated validation).
• Manage meta-quality assurance: Develop and manage our meta-quality framework to drive overall test quality assurance. Build dashboards and identify opportunities to improve first-time accuracy and reduce rework rates
• Maintain test health: Drive increased automation in detection and resolution of test health issues identified in our vast scenario test database to keep quality / test uptime high
• Create the playbook: Develop the playbook for making maintenance adjustments at scale by leveraging tooling automation strategically while also partnering w/ SMEs to develop standards and guidelines that enable our vendor workforce to drive efficient resolution

Skills

Python

C++

Debugging

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics

Job description

Waymo's Systems Engineering team is seeking a seasoned Test Engineer to help scale quality across our driver testing infrastructure. You will architect scalable QC methods, drive meta-quality programs, and push automation to keep vast scenario tests healthy as we expand to new cities and vehicle platforms.

Reporting to a Staff Program Manager in a hybrid role, you will lead testing programs at scale, build dashboards, mentor teams, and partner with SMEs to set standards that enable our vendor