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
Regional Fleet Integration & Scalability: Lead the strategic scale of new EV platforms across multiple Western Region markets, prioritizing fleet uptime and platform maturity through rigorous oversight of field integration, high-voltage stabilization, and sensor-health protocols.
Technical & Diagnostic Leadership: Provide dotted-line leadership and technical oversight to a multi-site team of Diagnostic Technicians, setting daily priorities and providing technical mentorship to ensure high-quality execution of complex powertrain and AV-stack troubleshooting.
Engineering-to-Ops Liaison: Serve as the primary conduit between Hardware/Electrical Engineering and Field Ops, translating systemic technical failures into actionable Standard Work (SW) and driving Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
Vendor Management & Workforce Readiness: Demonstrated ability to manage complex service-level agreements (SLAs) while ensuring third-party partners are appropriately staffed and technically trained to support multi-platform EV operations. Experience auditing vendor "Standard Work" and safety certifications is essential.
Operational Governance & Automation: Champion the deployment of automated systems and advanced tooling to maximize depot throughput; provide executive-ready reporting on fleet health and maturity to Global Leadership.
Supply & Asset Integration: Partner with Supply Management to oversee critical component lifecycles and "just-in-time" part availability, ensuring zero-downtime for mission-critical EV hardware.
What they're looking for
- Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related technical/industrial field.
- + Years of Industry Experience: Proven track record in large-scale commercial operations, logistics, or hardware manufacturing, with at least 3 years specifically focused on Electric Vehicle (EV) platforms.
- NPI & Scaling Success: Demonstrated experience taking a vehicle platform or complex hardware product from the NPI phase through to stable, commercial-scale field deployment.
- Vendor Management Excellence: Proven ability to manage complex service-level agreements (SLAs) and drive vendor accountability through data-driven performance audits.
