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
Use your broad experience in following commodities to develop/guide vehicle: interiors for future Waymo projects: Hard trim, Soft trim, Door trim, Trunk trim, Cabin NVH
Create layouts, master sections, and package studies in 3D CAD/ Catia V6, to: support production part development
Recommend interior trim materials to balance low-cost vs. premium strategies
Provide standard and premium interior execution choices to Waymo leadership: for evaluating investment and component cost against premium quality and value
Work with internal Waymo teams to recommend possible future partners for: supply of components from a global supply base
Worked at one or more vehicle manufacturers or tier one suppliers in the: product development or Engineering teams, and have in-depth knowledge of typical tooling strategies for a range of interior trim components
What they're looking for
- Launched multiple vehicles through the production ramp problem solving phases of the programs
- Worked with a studio team co-developing surfaces and panel interfaces and clearances
- Examples of strong interaction with suppliers and working through DFM during tooling launches
- Experience benchmarking competitor vehicles to help guide decisions