Technical Lead Manager, Perception, Traffic Control UnderstandingNew$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

  • Own a specific domain within scene understanding, such as traffic controls or: construction zones, and work with product and safety partners on short- and long-term improvements in support of Waymo’s scaling goals

  • Lead the analysis of real-world scene understanding issues to develop: technical roadmaps and drive the roadmap execution,

  • Build resilient and high performing teams through people development and hiring,

  • Make project staffing decisions, technical decisions, drive escalations;: ultimately accountable for delivering projects.

  • Bachelors in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience

  • + years of experience building and deploying deep learning/computer vision: models in production environments, ideally within the AV or robotics space

What they're looking for

  • + years of experience directly managing and scaling engineering/research teams (managing 5+ reports)
  • Fluency in Python, C++, and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX)
  • MS or PhD Degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science or a similar discipline
  • Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS,.