Perception Systems Test Engineer, Waymo
$183-232k
Eligible to participate in discretionary annual bonus program, and equity incentive plan
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Autonomous driving technology
Be an early applicant
Autonomous driving technology
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$183-232k
Eligible to participate in discretionary annual bonus program, and equity incentive plan
Office located in Mountain View, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it simpler and safer for people to move things and themselves around.
Role
Who you are
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field
- At least 8 years of experience in systems engineering, software development, or a related field
- Experience testing large, complex software systems
- Comfortability juggling multiple projects at once and thriving in ambiguity
- Experience with python
- Technical leadership with experience breaking down complex tasks and operationalizing them across a less experienced workforce
Desirable
- Foundation in system engineering fundamentals such as requirements definition, formal verification and validation methods
- Experience testing safety-critical systems
- Experience with C++
- Experience developing or testing machine learning/computer vision/AI systems
- Experience with simulation-based testing
- Experience with autonomous vehicles or other autonomous systems
What the job involves
- Waymo's Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways
- We set the 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 teammates who’ll help us maintain teamwork
- This Hybrid role reports to Systems Engineering Manager
- Develop new strategies for testing the Waymo Driver’s object detection and classification software (“Perception”). Use internal tools to implement these tests
- Work with systems engineers, onboard software engineers, and software infrastructure teams to create a shared, consistent approach for perception evaluation
- Lead engagement with vendor engineering teams to improve and operationalize testing workflows. Ensure timely, high-quality output from these teams
- Develop new software tools (and improve existing tools) used by other engineers for perception testing
Our take
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company that began as the Google self-driving car project in 2009. After initial development, it secured permits to deploy autonomous ride-hailing services in cities including Phoenix and San Francisco, but has recently hit a major bump in the road with safety concerns that resulted in a recall of over 400 self-driving cars.
With the autonomous driving industry already besieged by setbacks and public distrust, this development does Waymo no favours. That said, as an industry leader there remains the possibility it will see out the storm, but massive attention will need to be given to rebuilding trust with consumers if this is to be the case.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2024
$5.6bn
SERIES C
Jun 2021
$2.5bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $11.1bn
Company values
- Our customers are at the heart of everything we do
- Safety is our foundation
- We pioneer
- Act with thoughtful urgency
- Respect each other
- Be responsible owners
- We’re stronger together
- Optionality creates opportunities
- Always be learning
- Celebrate progress
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Articles
Leadership
Dmitri Dolgov
(Co-CEO, not founder)Former CTO of the company. After a PhD at the University of Michigan, they worked as a Stanford Postdoctoral Researcher before moving to the Toyota Research Institute. They also spent 8 years at Google as a Software Engineer.
Tekedra N. Mawakana
(Co-CEO, not founder)Has worked at Waymo since 2017, as Global Head of Policy then CXO then COO before becoming Co-CEO. They are on the Board of Advisors at Operator Collective, Board of Directors at Intuit, and an Advisor for Boom Supersonic.
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