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
Lead the design, development, execution, and evaluation of incident response: exercises across the enterprise and with external operational and public safety partners (e.g., Departments of Emergency Management).
Define and drive the incident readiness program's long-term exercise roadmap: and strategy in alignment with Waymo's Safety Management System (SMS) and Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) methodologies, balancing exercise diversity, cross-functional stakeholder engagement, and operational scalability.
Lead the end-to-end design, configuration, and execution of technical: functional exercises and operational drills driving evaluation of operator proficiency, workflow latency, and feature utilization within proprietary incident management platforms and tools.
Establish and standardize scalable, measurable, and repeatable documentation: and evaluation frameworks across the full exercise lifecycle—from needs assessments and exercise scoping to After Action Reports (AARs) and leadership briefings.
Develop and oversee the identification, root cause analysis, tracking,: assignment, and closure of corrective actions and mitigations resulting from readiness exercises to prevent recurrence and enhance overall safety performance.
Direct and support an extended workforce (xWF) team of exercise design: specialists, ensuring operational excellence, continuous improvement, and aligned delivery on program milestones.
What they're looking for
- + years of experience in designing, executing, and scaling incident: readiness, crisis exercise, or business continuity exercise programs with a wide range of teams and within safety-critical or highly regulated private sector operational environments such as Automotive, Maritime, Financial, Utilities, Aviation, or similar sectors.
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise in integrating HSEEP and other: industry-standard exercise methodologies into enterprise-wide readiness programs.
- Proven ability to establish operational relationships, communication: channels, and joint exercise initiatives with regulatory authorities and public safety agencies (e.g., Departments of Emergency Management).
- Demonstrated technical fluency and hands-on experience designing,: configuring, and utilizing complex operational software, dispatch platforms, telematics dashboards, or proprietary incident management tooling before and during live exercises.
