Director, Systems Engineering

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Systems (78I)

director operations Systems Engineer ic 15+ yrs Hybrid
$323,000 – $410,000
USD per year

About this role

Waymo is hiring a director-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Mountain View, CA (hybrid). The posting calls out experience with Python, C, Testing, Machine Learning and roughly 15+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $323,000–$410,000 per year.

Role
Systems Engineer
Function
operations
Level
director
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work mode
Hybrid
Experience
15+ years
Department
Systems (78I)
AI Summary
Director-level Systems Engineer leading a team to ensure performance of Waymo's autonomous vehicle sensing and perception systems. Responsibilities include specifying requirements, conducting analyses, informing architectural decisions, and mentoring engineers. Requires 5+ years management experience and 10+ years engineering experience with systems delivery.
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Job description

from Waymo careers

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's Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways. We set the high performance standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe, then design and perform the tests that validate that performance. We're looking for talented teammates who’ll help us maintain strong teamwork and are passionate about driving results.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Vice President of Systems Engineering.

You will:

  • Lead an exemplary team of Systems Engineers to ensure the performance of the Sensing and Perception systems by specifying requirements, conducting analyses and informing architectural decisions
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