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 and conduct complex, multi-attribute trade studies to define the: architecture of the next-generation Waymo Driver, balancing performance, reliability, cost, and other key factors
Develop and analyze architectural options for the overall Self-Driving: System, with a strong emphasis on safety via robust fallback systems and high reliability
Collaborate with and drive alignment across diverse engineering teams: (Software, Hardware, Sensing, Compute, Safety, Reliability) to make holistic and informed architectural decisions
Define key system interfaces and behaviors, ensuring a cohesive and well-integrated system design
Create and present clear and compelling technical recommendations to senior: leadership and stakeholders, justifying architectural choices with data and analysis
Work closely with systems engineering to decompose architectural decisions: into clear requirements for subsystem development
What they're looking for
- Manage and guide architectural change across current and future SDS: generations, ensuring consistency and a clear evolution path
- A bachelor's degree in Engineering (e.g., EE, ME, CS, Aerospace) or a related technical field
- + years of experience in systems architecture, systems engineering, or: complex system design, preferably in autonomous vehicles, aerospace, or robotics
- Proven ability to lead and execute complex technical trade studies involving: multiple disciplines and competing objectives