<div><p>Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the worlds most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The Worlds Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.</p></div><p>Waymos Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways. We set the high performance standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe, then design and perform the tests that validate that performance. Were looking for talented teammates who’ll help us maintain strong teamwork and are passionate about driving results.</p> <p>In this hybrid role, you will report to a Staff Test Engineer, Driving Behaviors.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You will:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Developing metrics and models to evaluate and enhance the performance, safety and scalability of our self driving system</li> <li>Evaluating new models or methods to assess their performance and applicability to problems</li> <li>Finding new ways to gather the required data needed to improve our metrics and models</li> <li>Communicating benefits and limitations of new models and metrics to partner teams</li> <li>Integrating and deploying metrics and models on fleet-wide data</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>You have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>3+ years of experience in Test Engineering for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other complex hardware/software systems</li> <li>Strong background working with data</li> <li>Solid understanding of physics, geometry, and dynamics</li> <li>Proficiency in C++, Python, and SQL</li> <li>Enthusiasm to understand a complex system and its various components</li> <li>Ability to learn and utilize new frameworks quickly, employing AI tools or otherwise</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>We prefer:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years industry experience</li> <li>Experience building and testing autonomous systems</li> <li>Experience building ML systems</li> <li>Experience using VLMs</li> </ul> <p> </p><div><div><div><p><span>The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process. </span></p> <p><span>Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements. </span></p></div><div>Salary Range</div><div><span>$204,000</span><span>—</span><span>$259,000 USD</span></div></div></div>