Technical Lead Manager, Pullover Maneuvers

Waymo; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 251,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo is hiring for a senior software role within the Driver Refinement & Validation organization in the Mountain View area. You will report to a Technical Lead Manager and collaborate with engineers, product teams, and partners to advance the Waymo Driver across complex real-world scenarios.

The role requires advanced degrees in CS/ML/Robotics, 8+ years in software engineering, and proven leadership. Expect to contribute to scalable evaluation workflows, API design, and multi-team

Qualifications

• PhD, Masters, or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics.
• 8+ years of Software Engineering experience in complex systems.
• Evaluation experience with scalable eval workflows and ML metrics.
• High-quality API design with data-driven approaches.
• Experience solving design problems across multiple components.
• Two or more years of management experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement horizontal solutions for behavioral driving across PUDOs.
• Build quantitative evaluation techniques to drive data-driven development.
• Collaborate with Product and Onboard stack teams.
• Mentor junior engineers on the team.
• Develop foundational frameworks to advance Waymo Driver capabilities.
• Contribute to solving challenging driving scenarios in the long tail.

Skills

Management experience

Collaboration

Education

PhD, Masters, or Bachelors in Computer Science, ML, Robotics

Tools

C++

Python

SQL

Job description

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

Waymo is rapidly scaling its driving technology to new cities and geographies. A continual focus on operational efficiency, compliance, and safety is critical to this mission. The Driver Refinement & Validation organization builds the technology and tools to rapidly discover, iterate, and mitigate complex vehicle behaviors while scaling performance in a data-driven way.

The PUDOs (Pick-up/Drop-off) team is directly responsible for perfecting how our fully autonomous car executes pullovers—improving key driving scenarios like passenger pick-ups and drop-offs, parking, and deliveries. As we expand, our goal is to build the advanced signals and software necessary to seamlessly scale the Waymo Driver's performance across these critical real-world touchpoints in every new market.

In this role, you will report to a Technical Lead Manager.

You will:

• Work closely with Technical Leads and Technical Lead Managers in the org to design and implement horizontal solutions to solve behavioral driving across PUDOs (pick up & drop off)
• Build quantitative evaluation techniques of on-road performance to drive data-driven development
• Work closely with partners across Product and the Onboard stack
• Provide mentorship for junior engineers on the team
• Develop foundational frameworks that help advancement of the Waymo Driver's capabilities
• Directly contribute to solving some of the most challenging driving situations in the long tail

You have:

• PhD, Masters, or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics
• 8+ years of Software Engineering experience in complex systems
• Evaluation experience, contributing to scalable eval workflows and building metrics for ML models and analyzing large datasets
• High quality API design with an eye towards evaluation and data-driven techniques
• Experience with working and solving design problems that span multiple components
• Ability to collaborate within and across teams
• Two or more years of management experience

We prefer:

• AV or Robotics experience
• Experience with Machine Learning models in production systems
• Coding proficiency in C++, Python, and SQL

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

$251,000—$310,000 USD