Diagnostics Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; hybrid schedule with onsite visits to service centers and manufacturing facilities. Travel requirements: 10%.

Salary: $159,000–$196,000 USD annually, plus eligibility for an annual bonus, equity incentive plan, and company benefits.

Company

Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and the Waymo Driver for fully autonomous ride-hail services and other vehicle platforms.

What you will do

• Architect and implement diagnostics infrastructure, tooling, and processes for self-driving and base vehicle systems.
• Collaborate with sensing, compute, actuator, and support-system experts on diagnostics design and improvements.
• Lead analysis of subsystem diagnostics gaps and requirements to inform future investments.
• Provide technical and organizational leadership for the diagnostics strategy.
• Visit service centers and manufacturing facilities as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical, mechanical, computer, or computer science engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience developing or working adjacent to diagnostics in automotive, aerospace, or consumer electronics.
• Hands-on experience with deployed hardware and software systems.
• Broad knowledge across electrical, computer, software, and mechanical engineering, with the ability to quickly learn new technical areas.
• Working knowledge of an object-oriented programming language such as C++ or Python.
• Demonstrated experience driving diagnostics development for a module, system, or program.

Nice to have

• Understanding of self-driving vehicle systems, including sensors, compute, wiring, power, actuators, chassis communication, and controls.
• Automotive diagnostics experience with traditional J1979 OBD-II-style systems and modern software-defined, cloud-connected vehicles.
• Familiarity with modern passenger vehicle control systems.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and nontechnical teams to solve technical problems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a collaborative Hardware Engineering group spanning electrical, mechanical, reliability, software, and vehicle engineering.
• Contribute to products that serve as the sensing and computing foundation of autonomous driving technology.
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus program and equity incentive plan.
• Company benefits are available subject to eligibility requirements.