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
Be a manager of a few TLMs and their teams, leading the development of all: components of the entire in-car experience (ICX), partnering with product, design, and data science on creating the premier autonomous vehicle experience.
Set the overarching technical architecture, defining a multi-year technical: vision across the entire in-car experience (ICX), bridging the gap between the different layers of the stack, from low-level hardware bring-up to our OS to rider-facing apps and features.
Identify broad, cross-team bottlenecks (e.g., OS stability, rendering: performance, release automation), and translate them into clear, actionable engineering milestones for the teams to execute on that improve both velocity and stability.
Steer the technical integration of complex, high-impact features, such as our: 3D car view, AI features, and in-car app ecosystem.
Act as a force multiplier for the organization by establishing high standards: for code health, system reliability, and testing excellence, while providing deep technical mentorship to junior and senior engineers.
Set high level direction and empower your TLMs to drive projects, while you: ensure the bar is met and the sum of the pieces is aligned and creates a cohesive and compelling product
What they're looking for
- Management experience with a total team size over 25 with multiple sub-teams.
- Managed multiple TLMs, each with team size of 6-8
- Proven experience as a technical lead with a track record of setting: strategic technical direction and delivering concrete solutions for complex, multi-team domains.
- Experience working with Android/AOSP (building Android platform features,: frameworks), not just developing apps on top of Android
