Staff Systems Engineer, Depot & Offhail Automation

Work with cross functional teams including software engineers, product managers, and operations leads to develop and implement requirements, system architecture, and verification strategy for new depot & offhail automation features. You will help automate these processes to drive greater fleet efficiency including automated low power mode switching, downloading and installing new software, logging and offloading data, and more.

Develop deep technical understanding of existing and new depot & offhail automation features and drive a robust end-to-end verification and monitoring system to ensure these features meet high efficacy goals

Develop qualification methods to launch new features and depots and provide engineering recommendations to senior stakeholders

Debug field issues to determine root cause and identify solutions with cross functional teams. Be the point person for retrospectives and implement improvements to test coverage and processes to prevent similar issues from happening in the future

Extend existing depot automation features to new vehicle platforms to ensure feature parity across the diverse Waymo fleet.

Apply your existing technical depth to new areas and learn quickly

A bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or other technical field

At least 8 years of experience in systems engineering, software development, or related field

A systems engineering mindset and a proactive, data-driven approach to fixing problems

Comfortable juggling multiple projects at once and working in ambiguity

Ability to read c++ to understand feature implementation and debug issues more effectively

Ability to query data sets (SQL) and create dashboards for debugging and performance monitoring

Strong foundation in system engineering fundamentals such as requirements definition, formal verification and validation methods

Experience with test development including simulation and hardware in the loop

Experience deploying products at scale

Experience with software integration testing

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.

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.