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 reliability program for a Waymo hardware product area (e.g. LiDAR): across its full lifecycle from early development and prototyping, through EVT - DVT - PVT - production ramp and field deployment
Define and improve reliability processes, including risk analyses (DFMEA,: FTA), design verification, test and failure analysis, and cross-functional optimizations
Work closely with US-based and international CMs, ODMs and Tier-1s to develop: reliability test and validation programs that meet Waymo’s standards of reliability
Develop, communicate, and maintain long-term reliability roadmaps and: strategies for your product area. Work collaboratively with TPMs to build reliability schedules and take responsibility for all deliverables while updating senior engineering leadership
Provide technical evaluations and strategic recommendations on designs,: processes, materials and vendor selection to teams within the Waymo Engineering, and navigate complex vendor relationships
Manage program-level risks related to complex, multi-dimensional reliability: issues and play a key role in mitigate those risks
What they're looking for
- Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics
- years of experience in end to end management of reliability programs for complex electromechanical systems
- Experience in delivering on the reliability of 1-2 generations of products,: from concept & prototyping, to production ramp and field deployment.
- Experience in managing the DFMEA or other risk analysis process across a product line.