Waymo · 2 days ago
Senior Systems Engineer, Rider Safety, Compliance, & Experience
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$196K/yr - $248K/yr
5+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company focused on improving access to mobility while enhancing safety. They are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to work with cross-functional teams on developing and implementing safety, security, and compliance features for vehicle platforms, while also leading safety analyses and debugging issues.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Work with cross functional teams including software engineers, product managers, system safety, and operations leads to develop and implement requirements, system architecture, and verification strategy for rider safety, security, and compliance features on existing and new vehicle platforms
Create safety analysis independently or in collaboration with System Safety to drive performance requirements for new features
Lead comprehensive trade studies, gathering data from relevant stakeholder to inform decisions
Take ownership of the solution, considering applicability to long term goals, and appropriately use engineering judgement and experience to inform paths forward
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
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or other technical field
5+ years of experience in systems engineering, software development, or related field
A systems engineering mindset and a proactive, data-driven approach to fixing problems
Ability to think about the rider and an understanding of what might pose a safety risk for a given feature
Experience performing or collaborating on safety analyses (e.g., Hazard and Risk Assessment, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis, System-theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), Safety of the Intended Function (SOTIF), etc.)
Aptitude to apply existing technical depth to new areas and learn quickly
Preferred
Experience in safety critical aspects of the operation of fleets or delivery of production products at scale
Ability to write code for querying data sets (SQL) and creating dashboards
Experience working on features or products with a user experience focus
Experience defining requirements such as precision and recall for machine learning perception models
An ability to read C++ to understand feature implementation and debug issues more effectively
Benefits
Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program
Company
Waymo
Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.1BKey Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Annabel Chang
Head of State Policy & Government Relations
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