Software Engineer, Evaluation, Planner Vehicle Dynamics Senior Software Engineer, Planner Machine Learning Engineer, Prediction & Planning

Location: Onsite in Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California; or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Salary: $204,000–$259,000 USD base salary per year, plus eligibility for an annual bonus, equity incentive plan, and company benefits.

Company

Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and operates a fully autonomous ride-hail service through the Waymo Driver.

What you will do

• Design and deploy algorithms for evaluating autonomous-driving technology across cities, scenarios, weather, and degraded conditions.
• Measure vehicle behavior for safety, dynamic feasibility, reliability, and passenger comfort.
• Build, integrate, debug, and evaluate machine-learning-based systems.
• Work on problems at the intersection of traditional robotics and modern machine learning.
• Collaborate with a distributed team on noisy, uncertain, or incomplete inputs.

Requirements

• BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience with Python for data analysis and SQL for working with large datasets.
• Strong C++ programming skills focused on robust and efficient code.
• Experience with software architecture.
• Experience building, integrating, debugging, and evaluating ML-based systems.
• Ability to work effectively on a distributed team.

Nice to have

• Experience applying machine learning to vehicle models, motion planning, or related robotics problems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a creative team developing autonomous-driving systems.
• Contribute to technology designed to improve mobility access and reduce traffic-related fatalities.
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus program.
• Equity incentive plan and company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.