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
Program Execution: Own and drive the execution of large, cross functional programs within the Simulation and ML Evaluation domain, translating technical roadmaps into structured project plans
ML Integration: Drive the execution of programs that integrate simulation deeply into the ML development loop, establishing a seamless, reliable path for model training, offline evaluation, and validation
Dependency & Risk Management: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate technical dependencies, risks, and blockers across onboard software and offboard infrastructure teams
Technical Judgment: Exercise strong technical judgment to contribute to tool/platform design discussions, evaluate architectural trade offs, and ensure deliverable quality
Operations & Release Coordination: Coordinate releases, manage tool deployment, and oversee triage workflows for simulation platforms to ensure high reliability and usability for developer teams
Process Scaling: Identify systemic bottlenecks in the offline evaluation loop and implement process or tooling improvements to scale simulation capabilities and efficiency
What they're looking for
- Education : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related: technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- TPM Experience: 3+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager in a software engineering or large scale infrastructure environment
- ML Experience: 2+ years of experience managing technical projects involving machine learning infrastructure, model training/evaluation loops, or ML data pipelines
- Program Ownership: Proven track record of owning and driving complex technical programs end-to-end, managing timelines, risks, and dependencies across multiple stakeholders