Staff Systems Engineer, Hardware ArchitecturePosted today$284K

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