Staff Tech Lead Software Engineer, Vehicle Realism PlatformPosted today$310K

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

  • Collaborate with onboard and research engineers to expand simulation: capabilities and achieve critical Waymo milestones.

  • Monitor and improve the reproducibility, reliability, and usability of the Waymo simulator.

  • Design long-term architectures to accommodate a growing number of internal customers and product requirements.

  • Bridge vehicle subsystems and simulation infrastructure to enhance overall robotic realism.

  • Partner closely with collaborators from Simulator, Eval, Hardware, and: Onboard orgs, integrating the building blocks they provide and turning them into reliable, reproducible simulation solutions.

  • Hands-on experience building a popular (internal or external-facing) product

What they're looking for

  • Experience on backend knowledge such as workflows, databases, SQL, debugging, production monitoring, etc
  • + years experience in software development
  • A strong background in C++
  • Experience with the release of software in a highly distributed heterogeneous execution environment