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
Work with suppliers and partner OEMS along with Waymo’s Product and ID teams: to lead the concept and architecture development of unique seating systems which are optimized for ride hailing vehicles
Set comfort targets and work on novel seat comfort concepts which are: optimized for ride hailing vehicles to achieve these targets
Benchmark competitor vehicles to validate these targets and ensure that when: it comes to occupant accommodation, ergonomics, and comfort, Waymo vehicles are class leading
Support the optimization of ingress/egress for a highly diverse demographic across novel cabin topologies
Lead the concept development of restrain systems to allow unique cabin configurations
Support the development and execution of user clinics designed to optimize: seat and restraint comfort for the purposes of ride hailing
What they're looking for
- + years of related experience in the field of automotive seating and: restraints concept development and execution
- Proven experience with seating comfort assessment and have hands-on: experience with both subjective as well as quantitative methods of evaluations
- Understanding of FMVSS, ECE, NCAP, IIHS regulation and test protocols to use: an inputs in the creation restraints concepts
- Experience with RAMSIS, CAVA, and Catia CAD tools to create, integrate and: maintain 2D/3D seat concept layout and input into the Design Studio and CAE Analysis teams
