The opportunity
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…
What you'll do
Set Standardization Strategy: Develop a thoughtful, coordinated, company-wide strategy and approach for Waymo’s engagement with SDOs (inclusive of ISO, IEEE, SAE), defining clear goals, levels of engagement, and governance processes for content accountability.
Act as an Internal/External Medium: Serve as the primary liaison between Waymo's internal practices and external Standard Development Organizations, actively working to consolidate internal consensus and assess how Waymo’s practices align with or differentiate from external ones.
Run Internal Training: Develop and run internal training programs to align engineering, product, and cross-functional teams on external standardization landscapes, compliance goals, and Waymo’s internal stances.
Shape Industry Optionality: Strategically prioritize Waymo's participation in working groups to contribute to shape consensus and advance safety across space while retaining the necessary optionality.
Drive Publication and Leadership: Lead efforts to formulate and publish Waymo's internal best. practices to external committees, continuing to establish Waymo as a critical partner across the industry.
Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate closely with the rest of the Safety Management and Best Practices (SMBP) team, legal regulatory groups, and engineering to establish appropriate platforms for critiquing perspectives and consolidating a consistent positioning on topics of interest.
What they're looking for
- Minimum 7+ years of experience actively engaging with and participating in: Standards Development Organizations (e.g., ISO, IEEE, SAE), inclusive of ISO TC 22 SC 32/36/39; ISO TC 204; SAE ORAD.
- Proven track record of developing and setting corporate strategy for: standardization engagement within a highly technical or safety-critical domain.
- Demonstrated ability to build consensus, translate complex external: requirements into actionable internal policies, and serve as a medium between technical teams and external stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of automotive safety frameworks, Verification & Validation: methods, and behavioral evaluation.
