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Job Description Job Description About TITAN At TITAN, we believe that intelligent automation is the future of manufacturing. Robots should integrate seamlessly into our world; Taking on the jobs people don't want, and elevating human labor from the shop floor to the control room. Our team of world class robotics engineers is dedicated to bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and robust, real-world solutions. We design and deploy practical, reliable, and scalable robotic systems that solve meaningful problems. By combining advanced sensing, intelligent automation, and precision process control, we enable robots to perform highly skilled, "artisanal" manufacturing tasks. Our solutions scale across a wide range of robotic configurations and processes, including mobile manipulators, fixed robotic cells, gantry and rail-mounted systems, and articulated workpieces. Today, TITAN systems are deployed across applications such as precision grinding, laser depainting, sanding, media blasting, non-destructive inspection (NDI), milling, and more. The Senior Autonomy Engineer Role We are seeking a talented and experienced Robotic Autonomy Engineer with a strong software development foundation to join our growing team. In this role, you will design, develop, test, and deploy autonomy solutions that scale across diverse industrial processes and robotic configurations. This is a highly technical and demanding position requiring the ability to conduct and translate cutting-edge research into robust, production-ready systems. The role sits at the intersection of robotics research and high-quality software engineering-balancing algorithmic innovation with disciplined engineering execution. You will collaborate closely with product, systems, hardware, and software teams to integrate advanced autonomy capabilities into our robotic platforms. Your work will directly impact real-world deployments, ensuring our systems are reliable, scalable, and capable of solving complex industrial challenges. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain scalable autonomy solutions across multiple robotic platforms, solving complex, real-world industrial challenges. Partner with cross-functional teams-including systems, hardware, and software engineers-to ensure seamless integration between autonomy software and physical robotic systems. Write production-grade code that meets high standards for reliability and maintainability, including comprehensive unit testing, simulation validation, and field testing. Develop and implement advanced algorithms in areas such as multi-robot task allocation, high-dimensional planning and control, combinatorial optimization, motion planning, and adaptive process control. Drive system robustness through rigorous testing, validation, and continuous performance improvement in deployed environments. Qualifications: 5+ years of experience developing complex software systems, with a focus on robotics, AI/ML, automation, or related technologies as applied to real-world systems (beyond simulation) MS or PhD in robotics or a related field Deep expertise in C++, including extensive experience building and maintaining large-scale software systems using modern architecture and design patterns. Strong foundation in mathematics, algorithms, and analytical problem-solving , with the ability to translate theory into production-grade implementations. Proven ability to balance algorithmic rigor with practical, product-oriented engineering tradeoffs. Excellent lateral thinking skills and exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to move quickly while maintaining high technical standards. Preferred Skills: Experience with robotic kinematics, dynamics, and trajectory planning. Familiarity with combinatorial optimization and complex algorithmic design. Background in regression testing, automated schedulers, and robotics decision-makers. Aptitude in creation of simulations Previous startup experience, or comfort working in fast-moving environments Why You'll Like Working Here Real ownership and influence over both product and technical direction Small, senior team with high standards Focus on shipping and learning fast-not endless research demos Work that actually leaves the lab and hits the real world If you're excited about building autonomy that actually works in production and want to help shape the core of a robotics product, we'd love to talk. Company Description Titan Robotics, Inc. ("Titan," ) is a private small business located in the Airside Business Park with additional operations at the Pittsburgh International Airport. The candidate for this position will be primarily located at the Airside Business Park facility. Titan's operations focus on the development and production of robotic systems and equipment. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a robotics company on a path for growth and success. We design and build custom systems with advanced technology that are production ready. Company Description Titan Robotics, Inc. ("Titan," ) is a private small business located in the Airside Business Park with additional operations at the Pittsburgh International Airport. The candidate for this position will be primarily located at the Airside Business Park facility. Titan's operations focus on the development and production of robotic systems and equipment. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a robotics company on a path for growth and success. We design and build custom systems with advanced technology that are production ready.

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Simulator Team at Waymo builds state-of-the-art simulations of realistic environments for testing, training, and validation of the Waymo Driver. Our team is a diverse, and collaborative group of machine learning (ML) engineers, software engineers, and ML research engineers. We develop industry-leading simulation solutions using advanced generative and reconstructive ML algorithms, to model the real world, encompassing realistic agents, roads, traffic systems, weather, and the full sensor suite (Camera, Lidar, Radar). To accelerate the fidelity, scalability, controllability, and richness of our simulations, we are pushing the frontiers of 3D world modeling. We leverage state-of-the-art ML technologies trained on large-scale datasets to create dynamic and semantically rich virtual worlds, directly impacting the development and validation of the Waymo Driver. In this role, you will report to a Senior Staff Engineering Manager. You will: Lead the design, development and deployment of cutting-edge 4D world models and generative systems for ultra-realistic and controllable sensor and semantics generation for simulation use cases at waymo. Architect and implement scalable and robust ML pipelines for training, evaluating, and deploying large-scale generative models into our simulation infrastructure, including techniques like model distillation and quantization. Build and scale production-ready video generation techniques (e.g., Diffusion, Flow Matching) to create dynamic and interactive simulation environments. Apply Vision Language Models (VLMs) to enhance the semantic understanding and controllability of our world simulation products. Partner with world class research teams across Waymo and Alphabet to leverage State-of-The-Art research in 4D world modeling and generative AI into robust, production-ready solutions. Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers on the team. You have: MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field. 5+ years of experience in ML engineering and applied Deep Learning, with a strong portfolio of shipped products or publication record. Proven experience in developing and training large-scale generative models for video generation (e.g., Diffusion models, Flow Matching) or Vision Language Models (VLMs) and their applications. Deep expertise in 3D World Modeling or 3D computer vision. Familiarity with 3D reconstruction and rendering techniques (e.g., 3D Gaussian Splatting). Strong programming skills in Python and experience with ML frameworks such as Jax/Flax, PyTorch or Tensorflow. We prefer: PhD and a strong track record of delivering impactful ML products in 3D generative models, world models, or video generation Experience in simulating sensor data (Camera, Lidar, Radar) and/or semantic scenes. Experience with autonomous systems, robotics, or autonomous vehicle simulation. Experience in training and optimizing large scale models on GPU/TPU clusters for efficient serving. Experience in C++ for production systems. 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. Salary Range $213,000-$263,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. Onboard Software Performance team ensures that systems running on ADV (Autonomously Driven Vehicle) meet strict performance requirements such as producing necessary outputs within strict latency targets and using an appropriately allocated amount of compute resources (CPU/GPU/TPU/RAM etc) for each respective submodule. All of this needs to be done at scale with performance guarantees of many 9s of reliability while enabling high velocity of system evolution. In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Staff Engineer, Technical Lead Manager. You will: Develop ADV's modular architecture improvements and frameworks that maximize performance and compute utilization and ROI for driving quality Evolve our compute usage on the car and simulation to enable continued scaling where the system runs fast on the car and efficiently in our data center Collaborating with onboard teams to identify and improve compute performance bottlenecks across the stack to improve performance/driving quality Collaborating with hardware teams to codesign hardware/software and optimize the software for best performance on our hardware platform Ensuring our performance is strong at any driving complexity including as we scale to even more complex driving environments and encounter rarer events Ensuring state of the art reaction latency for collision avoidance via novel system/architecture designs and extremely fast nominal performance Developing necessary high scale performance evaluation, debugging and software change management processes Optimizing system resource usage to simulation at scale in Cloud datacenters: minimizing CPU utilization and latency, minimizing RAM consumption, intelligently determining which computations should happen on CPU, GPU, and TPU. You have: BS/MS in Comp Sci, EE, Robotics, Physics, Math, or related field (or equivalent experience) 6 years of software engineering experience on large scale/high complexity system (supported by hundreds of engineers) 2 years of software management experience with at least 4 years in infrastructure/systems/performance domain optimizing end to end system for high performance metrics 4 years of experience acting as technical lead in performance/software infrastructure domain 4 years of experience in C++ Define roadmap/portfolio of projects optimizing for end results overall across all aspects of the problem space Setup collaboration structures across team boundaries We prefer: Experience in robotics Experience in low level optimization techniques, frameworks (SIMD/CUDA) and ML performance/frameworks Experience in large scale evaluation techniques/data science and building performance metrics/tooling Experience in large scale software re-architecture projects 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. Salary Range $238,000-$302,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The DUE Machine Learning team will build and operate scalable machine learning and data systems, simulation workflow and insight tools, improve and speed up the evaluation and onboard developer journeys. It will combine expert human judgements and advanced machine learning models to deliver training and evaluation data for hundreds of metrics and components that make up the Waymo Driver. We are looking for researchers and software engineers who are passionate about developing machine learning techniques. These techniques are for the Evaluation systems on our autonomous service. They will serve as a constant driver to improve the performance of our technology stack. You will: Grow the end-to-end strategy for our next generation of machine learning-based evaluation metrics, promoting scientific and statistical rigor across our embodied AI applications Architect and build scalable systems for training and fine-tuning large-scale generative models to produce realistic and evaluate interesting driving behaviors Lead the design, implementation, and iteration of novel RL algorithms, reward functions, and training paradigms tailored for generating high-fidelity and insightful driving behaviors Lead the development of cutting-edge Deep Learning models and Generative AI (LLM/VLM) solutions. These solutions will enhance human-led triaging, introduce automation for high-volume workflows, and perform nuanced analysis of self-driving behavior to detect critical anomalies Proactively monitor and assimilate best practices from within Alphabet and the broader industry to develop a novel Reinforcement Learning from Human Preference (RLHF) based data collection and evaluation system Provide technical mentorship, guidance, and thought leadership to other engineers within the team and across collaborating groups Guide and align multiple teams-including Driver Understanding, Simulation, System Engineering, Research, and Onboard Software-on a cohesive evaluation strategy, ensuring cross-functional alignment on goals and priorities You have: PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience 10+ years of hands-on experience in developing and applying Machine Learning models, with a significant focus on Reinforcement Learning 2+ years of people management experience Demonstrated expertise in deep learning, sequence modeling, and generative models Strong publication record or history of impactful project delivery in RL or related areas Proficiency in Python and standard ML frameworks (e.g., JAX, TensorFlow) Experience with large-scale distributed training and data processing Proven ability to lead complex and ambiguous technical projects from conception to completion We prefer: 12+ years of relevant experience in ML/RL research and application Experience in the autonomous vehicles domain, robotics, or complex simulation environments Deep understanding of state-of-the-art RL techniques, including those used for fine-tuning large models (e.g., from human feedback/preferences) Familiarity with large-scale simulation platforms and their integration with ML training workflows Experience designing and using metrics for evaluating complex AI systems Track record of technical leadership, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving innovation across team boundaries Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly 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. Salary Range $281,000-$356,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Planner Evaluation team works on one of the key challenges in autonomous driving: measuring and improving the quality of the software that drives the car. We are looking for experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to help us improve how we characterize and evaluate changes to the Onboard software stack (Planner, Perception, etc). If you are passionate about autonomous vehicles and how to use rich, complex data to drive decision making, this is the role for you! This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager. You will: Develop signals to measure the performance and driving qualities of the Waymo driver, using a range of techniques including statistics, math, physics, algorithms and machine learning. Use simulation creatively and mine real world driving logs to measure driving performance. Design and implement methods to make a stronger connection between onboard software changes and simulated outcomes. Champion code health and best practices in a large and complex code base. Analyze data and make recommendations on how to improve metric quality and interpretability. Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, statisticians and the leadership team to deliver evaluation products and help make data driven decisions. You have: BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area Strong self-motivation to navigate complex systems and pursue open-ended problems to completion 2-3 years of industry experience with Navigating and modifying a large code base containing a variety of languages, such as C++, Python and SQL Performing statistical analyses Building data processing pipelines Writing, reviewing, and merging code following industry standards for code health and maintainability Quant/data fluency is a top requirement We prefer: Experience coding in C++ Experience with ML Experience with A/B experiment infrastructure Experience building and validating metrics to measure quality in complex systems Exposure to ad-hoc data analysis tools for rapid modeling and prototyping Experience working in the AV industry 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. Salary Range $204,000-$259,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Planner Evaluation team works on one of the key challenges in autonomous driving: measuring and improving the quality of the software that drives the car. We are looking for experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to help us improve how we characterize and evaluate changes to the Onboard software stack (Planner, Perception, etc). If you are passionate about autonomous vehicles and how to use rich, complex data to drive decision making, this is the role for you! This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager. You will: Develop signals to measure the performance and driving qualities of the Waymo driver, using a range of techniques including statistics, math, physics, algorithms and machine learning. Use simulation creatively and mine real world driving logs to measure driving performance. Design and implement methods to make a stronger connection between onboard software changes and simulated outcomes. Champion code health and best practices in a large and complex code base. Analyze data and make recommendations on how to improve metric quality and interpretability. Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, statisticians and the leadership team to deliver evaluation products and help make data driven decisions. You have: BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area Strong self-motivation to navigate complex systems and pursue open-ended problems to completion 2-3 years of industry experience with Navigating and modifying a large code base containing a variety of languages, such as C++, Python and SQL Performing statistical analyses Building data processing pipelines Writing, reviewing, and merging code following industry standards for code health and maintainability Quant/data fluency is a top requirement We prefer: Experience coding in C++ Experience with ML Experience with A/B experiment infrastructure Experience building and validating metrics to measure quality in complex systems Exposure to ad-hoc data analysis tools for rapid modeling and prototyping Experience working in the AV industry 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. Salary Range $204,000-$259,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Waymo Driver is performing well in more and more cities, with our scale rapidly accelerating. Our team's job is to ensure that we can continue to evaluate safety and service quality across new cities and countries, each with their unique challenges. We need an experienced, technically hands-on engineering manager with strong quantitative skills to lead a small team and work with partners to scale eval and ML development by exploring new methods and delivering tools for mining and sampling data.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Staff manager. You will: Develop tools for easy mining of novel situations that might impact safety from our driving logs for use in evaluation and ML datasets, using a mixture of ML and structured data Advanced sampling techniques and tuning of simulations to get strong signal for metrics and models from our datasets Build automation for our mining and sampling ecosystem so Waymo can rapidly scale to new cities Make hands-on technical contributions to both engineering and data science-oriented projects Provide strong management and technical leadership for a small team of data science-friendly engineers Partner with leads and teams across Waymo to determine and execute on strategy, including product, engineering, data science, frontend, and backend You have: Strong engineering design and programming skills Strong data fluency and analysis skills Familiarity with statistical methods including hypothesis testing, experiment design, and sampling Familiarity with foundational and contemporary ML concepts and practices Experience managing teams of up to 8 people BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math, or other quantitative area 7+ years of industry experience with: C++, SQL, and Python experience Navigating and modifying a large code base containing C++, SQL, and Python Building data processing pipelines We prefer: Eval experience, such as building and validating metrics to measure quality in complex systems Strong statistical background (MSc-level stats or similar expertise from work experience) Strong ML background (MSc-level ML or similar expertise from work experience) Experience working in the AV industry and/or with simulations 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. Salary Range $281,000-$356,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Waymo Driver is performing well in more and more cities, with our scale rapidly accelerating. Our team's job is to ensure that we can continue to evaluate safety and service quality across new cities and countries, each with their unique challenges. We need an experienced, technically hands-on engineering manager with strong quantitative skills to lead a small team and work with partners to scale eval and ML development by exploring new methods and delivering tools for mining and sampling data.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Staff manager. You will: Develop tools for easy mining of novel situations that might impact safety from our driving logs for use in evaluation and ML datasets, using a mixture of ML and structured data Advanced sampling techniques and tuning of simulations to get strong signal for metrics and models from our datasets Build automation for our mining and sampling ecosystem so Waymo can rapidly scale to new cities Make hands-on technical contributions to both engineering and data science-oriented projects Provide strong management and technical leadership for a small team of data science-friendly engineers Partner with leads and teams across Waymo to determine and execute on strategy, including product, engineering, data science, frontend, and backend You have: Strong engineering design and programming skills Strong data fluency and analysis skills Familiarity with statistical methods including hypothesis testing, experiment design, and sampling Familiarity with foundational and contemporary ML concepts and practices Experience managing teams of up to 8 people BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math, or other quantitative area 7+ years of industry experience with: C++, SQL, and Python experience Navigating and modifying a large code base containing C++, SQL, and Python Building data processing pipelines We prefer: Eval experience, such as building and validating metrics to measure quality in complex systems Strong statistical background (MSc-level stats or similar expertise from work experience) Strong ML background (MSc-level ML or similar expertise from work experience) Experience working in the AV industry and/or with simulations 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. Salary Range $281,000-$356,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Waymo Driver is performing well in more and more cities, with our scale rapidly accelerating. Our team's job is to ensure that we can continue to evaluate safety and service quality across new cities and countries, each with their unique challenges. We need an experienced, technically hands-on engineering manager with strong quantitative skills to lead a small team and work with partners to scale eval and ML development by exploring new methods and delivering tools for mining and sampling data.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Staff manager. You will: Develop tools for easy mining of novel situations that might impact safety from our driving logs for use in evaluation and ML datasets, using a mixture of ML and structured data Advanced sampling techniques and tuning of simulations to get strong signal for metrics and models from our datasets Build automation for our mining and sampling ecosystem so Waymo can rapidly scale to new cities Make hands-on technical contributions to both engineering and data science-oriented projects Provide strong management and technical leadership for a small team of data science-friendly engineers Partner with leads and teams across Waymo to determine and execute on strategy, including product, engineering, data science, frontend, and backend You have: Strong engineering design and programming skills Strong data fluency and analysis skills Familiarity with statistical methods including hypothesis testing, experiment design, and sampling Familiarity with foundational and contemporary ML concepts and practices Experience managing teams of up to 8 people BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math, or other quantitative area 7+ years of industry experience with: C++, SQL, and Python experience Navigating and modifying a large code base containing C++, SQL, and Python Building data processing pipelines We prefer: Eval experience, such as building and validating metrics to measure quality in complex systems Strong statistical background (MSc-level stats or similar expertise from work experience) Strong ML background (MSc-level ML or similar expertise from work experience) Experience working in the AV industry and/or with simulations 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. Salary Range $281,000-$356,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Driver Understanding and Evaluation (DUE) team at Waymo is developing rich metrics for understanding the behavior of the Waymo Driver in the real world, and technologies such as context and scene analysis to understand driving, understanding and augmenting real world driving data to generate rare driving events, build large scale data infrastructure, improve components such as agents and a realistic simulator. These technologies come together to drive the overall technical strategy and methodology used to evaluate the behavior of the Waymo Driver. The DUE Machine Learning team will build and operate scalable machine learning and data systems, simulation workflow and insight tools, improve and speed up the evaluation and onboard developer journeys. It will combine expert human judgements and advanced machine learning models to deliver training and evaluation data for hundreds of metrics and components that make up the Waymo driver. We are looking for researchers and software engineers who are passionate about developing machine learning techniques for the Evaluation systems on our autonomous vehicles, and have an incessant drive to improve the performance of our technology stack. You will: Lead the development of cutting edge Deep Learning and machine learning models to enhance human-led triaging and introduce automation for high-volume workflows Design and build Gen AI LLM/VLM solutions for self driving car behavior analysis and anomaly detection Proactively monitor and assimilate best practices from within Alphabet and the broader industry to develop a Reinforcement Learning from human preference-based data collection and evaluation system. Enhance User Feedback Analysis, collaborate seamlessly with product and business teams to design and implement tools for multi-label classifications, sentiment assessment, comment summarization, root cause analysis and trend analysis of rider feedback Oversee the production and optimization of machine learning models aiming to assess Waymo's expansive fleet of vehicles that cumulatively travel millions of miles. Drive technical direction, and provide technical inputs and guidance to the team. Work closely with PMs and TPMs to help define product requirements and align the technical agenda with the company's business objectives. Collaborate closely with multiple teams (e.g., Prediction, Planning, Research), other technical leads, and senior leaderships across Waymo to deliver on key strategic efforts. You have: B.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience 7+ years of experience with hands-on experience in machine learning projects Strong coding experience in C++ and/or Python. Experience in at least one of: Foundational Models, VLM, Deep Learning Experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face's transformers, along with expertise in deep learning models and ML deployment at scale We prefer: M.S. or Ph.D. degree Computer Science or related quantitative field with a specialization of machine learning. 10+ years of experience with hands-on experience in machine learning projects Deep learning experience with Transformers Gen AI LLM/VLM experience Experience with building tools for applied machine learning, including MLOps, evaluation/validation techniques, and model performance optimization. Large-scale data processing and analytical skills. 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. Salary Range $238,000-$302,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Driver Understanding and Evaluation team at Waymo develops a rich understanding of Waymo Driver's behavior. With over 1 million driverless miles per week, it is critical that Waymo can understand and assess the behavior of all its vehicles - both in the field and in simulation - with automated algorithms. The learned metrics team is a strategic bet to use machine learning to ensure we can scale to meet Waymo's goals. We collaborate across teams to bring ML to production systems and build what is Waymo's reward function. We build and operate large-scale machine learning and data systems, simulation workflows, and insight tools. We combine expert human judgements and advanced machine learning models to deliver training and evaluation data for the Waymo driver. We are looking for researchers and software engineers who are passionate about developing production grade machine learning systems for our autonomous vehicles and have an incessant drive to improve the performance of our technology stack. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager. You will: Lead a top-tier applied ML team focused on building ML models for AV behavior understanding and evaluation, using deep learning and Gen AI. Lead the development of cutting edge Deep Learning and machine learning models to enhance human-led triaging and introduce automation for high-volume workflows Design and build Gen AI LLM/VLM solutions for self driving car behavior analysis and anomaly detection Enhance User Feedback Analysis, collaborate seamlessly with product and business teams to design and implement tools for multi-label classifications, sentiment assessment, comment summarization, root cause analysis and trend analysis of rider feedback Oversee the production and optimization of machine learning models aiming to assess Waymo's expansive fleet of vehicles that cumulatively travel millions of miles. Drive technical direction, and provide technical inputs and guidance to the team. Work closely with PMs and TPMs to help define product requirements and align the technical agenda with the company's business objectives. Collaborate closely with multiple teams (e.g., Prediction, Planning, Research), other technical leads, and senior leaderships across Waymo to deliver on key strategic efforts. You have: B.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams of 5-15 people 7+ years of experience with hands-on experience in machine learning projects 7+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning products in production environments Experience in at least one of: Foundational Models, VLM, Deep Learning Strong coding experience in C++ and/or Python. Experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face's transformers, along with expertise in deep learning models and ML deployment at scale We prefer: M.S. or Ph.D. degree Computer Science or related quantitative field with a specialization of machine learning. Deep learning experience with Transformers Gen AI LLM/VLM experience Experience with building tools for applied machine learning, including MLOps, evaluation/validation techniques, and model performance optimization. Large-scale data processing and analytical skills. 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. Salary Range $238,000-$302,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Driver Understanding and Evaluation team at Waymo develops a rich understanding of Waymo Driver's behavior. With over 1 million driverless miles per week, it is critical that Waymo can understand and assess the behavior of all its vehicles - both in the field and in simulation - with automated algorithms. The learned metrics team is a strategic bet to use machine learning to ensure we can scale to meet Waymo's goals. We collaborate across teams to bring ML to production systems and build what is Waymo's reward function. We build and operate large-scale machine learning and data systems, simulation workflows, and insight tools. We combine expert human judgements and advanced machine learning models to deliver training and evaluation data for the Waymo driver. We are looking for researchers and software engineers who are passionate about developing production grade machine learning systems for our autonomous vehicles and have an incessant drive to improve the performance of our technology stack. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager. You will: Lead a top-tier applied ML team focused on building ML models for AV behavior understanding and evaluation, using deep learning and Gen AI. Lead the development of cutting edge Deep Learning and machine learning models to enhance human-led triaging and introduce automation for high-volume workflows Design and build Gen AI LLM/VLM solutions for self driving car behavior analysis and anomaly detection Enhance User Feedback Analysis, collaborate seamlessly with product and business teams to design and implement tools for multi-label classifications, sentiment assessment, comment summarization, root cause analysis and trend analysis of rider feedback Oversee the production and optimization of machine learning models aiming to assess Waymo's expansive fleet of vehicles that cumulatively travel millions of miles. Drive technical direction, and provide technical inputs and guidance to the team. Work closely with PMs and TPMs to help define product requirements and align the technical agenda with the company's business objectives. Collaborate closely with multiple teams (e.g., Prediction, Planning, Research), other technical leads, and senior leaderships across Waymo to deliver on key strategic efforts. You have: B.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams of 5-15 people 7+ years of experience with hands-on experience in machine learning projects 7+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning products in production environments Experience in at least one of: Foundational Models, VLM, Deep Learning Strong coding experience in C++ and/or Python. Experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face's transformers, along with expertise in deep learning models and ML deployment at scale We prefer: M.S. or Ph.D. degree Computer Science or related quantitative field with a specialization of machine learning. Deep learning experience with Transformers Gen AI LLM/VLM experience Experience with building tools for applied machine learning, including MLOps, evaluation/validation techniques, and model performance optimization. Large-scale data processing and analytical skills. 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. Salary Range $238,000-$302,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Driver Understanding and Evaluation team at Waymo develops a rich understanding of Waymo Driver's behavior. With over 1 million driverless miles per week, it is critical that Waymo can understand and assess the behavior of all its vehicles - both in the field and in simulation - with automated algorithms. The learned metrics team is a strategic bet to use machine learning to ensure we can scale to meet Waymo's goals. We collaborate across teams to bring ML to production systems and build what is Waymo's reward function. We build and operate large-scale machine learning and data systems, simulation workflows, and insight tools. We combine expert human judgements and advanced machine learning models to deliver training and evaluation data for the Waymo driver. We are looking for researchers and software engineers who are passionate about developing production grade machine learning systems for our autonomous vehicles and have an incessant drive to improve the performance of our technology stack. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager. You will: Lead a top-tier applied ML team focused on building ML models for AV behavior understanding and evaluation, using deep learning and Gen AI. Lead the development of cutting edge Deep Learning and machine learning models to enhance human-led triaging and introduce automation for high-volume workflows Design and build Gen AI LLM/VLM solutions for self driving car behavior analysis and anomaly detection Enhance User Feedback Analysis, collaborate seamlessly with product and business teams to design and implement tools for multi-label classifications, sentiment assessment, comment summarization, root cause analysis and trend analysis of rider feedback Oversee the production and optimization of machine learning models aiming to assess Waymo's expansive fleet of vehicles that cumulatively travel millions of miles. Drive technical direction, and provide technical inputs and guidance to the team. Work closely with PMs and TPMs to help define product requirements and align the technical agenda with the company's business objectives. Collaborate closely with multiple teams (e.g., Prediction, Planning, Research), other technical leads, and senior leaderships across Waymo to deliver on key strategic efforts. You have: B.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams of 5-15 people 7+ years of experience with hands-on experience in machine learning projects 7+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying machine learning products in production environments Experience in at least one of: Foundational Models, VLM, Deep Learning Strong coding experience in C++ and/or Python. Experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face's transformers, along with expertise in deep learning models and ML deployment at scale We prefer: M.S. or Ph.D. degree Computer Science or related quantitative field with a specialization of machine learning. Deep learning experience with Transformers Gen AI LLM/VLM experience Experience with building tools for applied machine learning, including MLOps, evaluation/validation techniques, and model performance optimization. Large-scale data processing and analytical skills. 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. Salary Range $238,000-$302,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you're a software engineer or researcher who's curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you. The Sensor Foundations Team's purpose is to provide cleaned-up sensor data through highly optimized APIs to Perception models, to abstract sensor hardware differences where possible, and to provide low-level Perception signals either through algorithms or machine learning. Projects on our team typically require a diverse skill set, including robotics, system integration, code optimization, and machine learning. We have a good understanding of the hardware (both sensors and compute) and the overall Perception system. For this role, we are looking for a strong Software Engineer with robotics and machine learning experience, who will help us to accelerate the transition of low-level Perception tasks from algorithms to machine learning. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Technical Lead Manager of the Sensor Foundations Team. You will: Transition low-level Perception tasks from algorithms to machine learning Work on system integration and optimization Evaluate task-level and system-level quality, developing new metrics as needed You have: Bachelors in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or similar technical field of study 5+ years of industry experience Strong C/C++ skills Proficiency with Python Experience with Computer Vision and Machine Learning Experience with System Integration We prefer: Masters or PhD Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a similar discipline Experience with sensor data processing (Lidar, camera, or radar) Experience in the AV industry 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. Salary Range $213,000-$263,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you're a software engineer or researcher who's curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you. The Sensor Foundations Team's purpose is to provide cleaned-up sensor data through highly optimized APIs to Perception models, to abstract sensor hardware differences where possible, and to provide low-level Perception signals either through algorithms or machine learning. Projects on our team typically require a diverse skill set, including robotics, system integration, code optimization, and machine learning. We have a good understanding of the hardware (both sensors and compute) and the overall Perception system. For this role, we are looking for a strong Software Engineer with robotics and machine learning experience, who will help us to accelerate the transition of low-level Perception tasks from algorithms to machine learning. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Technical Lead Manager of the Sensor Foundations Team. You will: Transition low-level Perception tasks from algorithms to machine learning Work on system integration and optimization Evaluate task-level and system-level quality, developing new metrics as needed You have: Bachelors in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or similar technical field of study 5+ years of industry experience Strong C/C++ skills Proficiency with Python Experience with Computer Vision and Machine Learning Experience with System Integration We prefer: Masters or PhD Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a similar discipline Experience with sensor data processing (Lidar, camera, or radar) Experience in the AV industry 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. Salary Range $213,000-$263,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Perception Team at Waymo builds the system that "sees" the world around the self-driving car. We conduct novel research to address real-world perception problems and collaborate with research teams at Alphabet. Here at Waymo, we have access to millions of miles of driving data from a diverse set of sensors, enabling researchers like you to develop complex models and techniques at scale. Improvements deployed to our system can immediately advance our large fleet of autonomous vehicles. Within Perception, the Sensor Health team's job is to make sure that sensors "just work" for the entire self-driving car software stack. We make sure that all sensors are properly calibrated and consistently monitored at all times. We process data from next-generation sensors on next-generation vehicle platforms and work closely with both hardware and software teams to provide the best possible sensor data from our sensors to our upstream customers. To this end, we develop sensor data alignment and calibration algorithms, a growing sensor health backend, and deploy our systems both into the Waymo Driver and our log processing backend. In this hybrid remote/in-office role, you will report to a Senior Staff TLM. You will: Lead and build a team of ML engineers in charge of reliable sensing anomaly detection and calibration Build a data flywheel to automatically generate suitable training data for rare instance sensor degradation events using VLMs Own the entire sensor validation stack end to end Drive and accelerate collaborations between perception, system engineering, evaluation, and Alphabet teams You have: MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics or equivalent industry experience 6+ years of experience in designing, training, and deploying ML-driven real-time robotics systems 4+ years of experience leading technical teams and setting technical directions 2+ years of people management experience We prefer: PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics, or a related technical field Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or related automotive industries. Experience with various sensor modalities (e.g., LiDAR, radar, cameras) and their unique challenges. Familiarity with early fusion multi modal sensor models and their development challenges Experience with rare instance or zero-shot detection problems 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. Salary Range $238,000-$302,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. The Perception Team at Waymo builds the system that "sees" the world around the self-driving car. We conduct novel research to address real-world perception problems and collaborate with research teams at Alphabet. Here at Waymo, we have access to millions of miles of driving data from a diverse set of sensors, enabling researchers like you to develop complex models and techniques at scale. Improvements deployed to our system can immediately advance our large fleet of autonomous vehicles. Within Perception, the Sensor Health team's job is to make sure that sensors "just work" for the entire self-driving car software stack. We make sure that all sensors are properly calibrated and consistently monitored at all times. We process data from next-generation sensors on next-generation vehicle platforms and work closely with both hardware and software teams to provide the best possible sensor data from our sensors to our upstream customers. To this end, we develop sensor data alignment and calibration algorithms, a growing sensor health backend, and deploy our systems both into the Waymo Driver and our log processing backend. In this hybrid remote/in-office role, you will report to a Senior Staff TLM. You will: Lead and build a team of ML engineers in charge of reliable sensing anomaly detection and calibration Build a data flywheel to automatically generate suitable training data for rare instance sensor degradation events using VLMs Own the entire sensor validation stack end to end Drive and accelerate collaborations between perception, system engineering, evaluation, and Alphabet teams You have: MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics or equivalent industry experience 6+ years of experience in designing, training, and deploying ML-driven real-time robotics systems 4+ years of experience leading technical teams and setting technical directions 2+ years of people management experience We prefer: PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics, or a related technical field Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or related automotive industries. Experience with various sensor modalities (e.g., LiDAR, radar, cameras) and their unique challenges. Familiarity with early fusion multi modal sensor models and their development challenges Experience with rare instance or zero-shot detection problems 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. Salary Range $238,000-$302,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you're a software engineer or researcher who's curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you. The Sensor Foundations Team's purpose is to provide cleaned-up sensor data through highly optimized APIs to Perception models, to abstract sensor hardware differences where possible, and to provide low-level Perception signals either through algorithms or machine learning. Projects on our team typically require a diverse skill set, including robotics, system integration, code optimization, and machine learning. We have a good understanding of the hardware (both sensors and compute) and the overall Perception system. The Optimization sub-team uses our know-how of CPUs, GPUs, and clever algorithms to process Waymo's sensor data super-fast and feed it to the Perception ML models. We specialize in low-level understanding of compute hardware, and we apply that knowledge wherever we can, throughout the whole stack. We are looking for a Tech-Lead Manager with a CPU, GPU, or system-level optimization background to lead this small team of Software Engineers. Depending on your prior experience, you may also be responsible for system-level optimization and be a steward of our compute resources. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the TLM of the Sensor Foundations team. You will: Lead a small team of optimization experts Identify system-level optimization opportunities Optimize existing CPU code Write and review CUDA code Collaborate with ML practitioners to understand their input-processing needs. Be a steward of our compute resources You have: B.Sc in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field 8+ years of industry experience Strong C++ programming skills Experience with optimizing CPU or GPU code (ideally both) Prior people management experience We prefer: M.Sc or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field Experience with system-level optimization Experience with compiler technology. 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. Salary Range $298,000-$368,000 USD

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's 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. Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you're a software engineer or researcher who's curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you. The Sensor Foundations Team's purpose is to provide cleaned-up sensor data through highly optimized APIs to Perception models, to abstract sensor hardware differences where possible, and to provide low-level Perception signals either through algorithms or machine learning. Projects on our team typically require a diverse skill set, including robotics, system integration, code optimization, and machine learning. We have a good understanding of the hardware (both sensors and compute) and the overall Perception system. The Optimization sub-team uses our know-how of CPUs, GPUs, and clever algorithms to process Waymo's sensor data super-fast and feed it to the Perception ML models. We specialize in low-level understanding of compute hardware, and we apply that knowledge wherever we can, throughout the whole stack. We are looking for a Tech-Lead Manager with a CPU, GPU, or system-level optimization background to lead this small team of Software Engineers. Depending on your prior experience, you may also be responsible for system-level optimization and be a steward of our compute resources. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the TLM of the Sensor Foundations team. You will: Lead a small team of optimization experts Identify system-level optimization opportunities Optimize existing CPU code Write and review CUDA code Collaborate with ML practitioners to understand their input-processing needs. Be a steward of our compute resources You have: B.Sc in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field 8+ years of industry experience Strong C++ programming skills Experience with optimizing CPU or GPU code (ideally both) Prior people management experience We prefer: M.Sc or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field Experience with system-level optimization Experience with compiler technology. 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. Salary Range $298,000-$368,000 USD

About Standard Bots At Standard Bots, we're revolutionizing real-world automation by making robotic systems accessible to everyone. Our AI-powered platform enables robots to tackle unprecedented challenges through an intuitive instruction interface, bringing the power of software automation to physical spaces. About the Role We're seeking a Senior AI Research Engineer to develop and optimize our AI models and training systems. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your deep ML expertise to cutting-edge AI/robotics applications. You'll work closely with our engineering team to design, implement, and iterate on large-scale AI models while building efficient systems for rapid experimentation and deployment. We have a small team of AI engineers, so we're looking for someone who is excited to work at a startup, and work across the stack to do what is needed to get a model that achieves a customer problem. We're looking for an experienced engineer ready to make a tangible impact in the AI robotics revolution. This role requires a proven background working on ML planning within the autonomous vehicle space with experience using the latest techniques in diffusion and autoregressive models in a professional setting. If you're excited about building the latest advancements in AI and working in the robotics space, we'd love to hear from you. In this role, you will: Design and implement state of the art ML models and training pipelines: Apply novel machine learning techniques to wide range of robotics applications Develop efficient data and training strategies Implement model evaluation frameworks and metrics tracking Lead model development and iteration with focus on: Rapid experimentation and prototyping of new model architectures Performance optimization and model debugging Transfer learning and fine-tuning strategies Build robust evaluation and debugging systems to: Analyze model behavior and failure modes Implement interpretability tools and visualization frameworks Track and improve model metrics Collaborate with engineering team to optimize training infrastructure and deployment You might thrive in this role if you: Have 5+ years of AI modeling experience, specifically within the self-driving car industry (or PhD with 3+ years of AI modeling experience in the self-driving car industry) Proven track record developing and deploying large-scale ML models Have experience using the latest techniques in diffusion and autoregressive models in a professional setting Are familiar with training inference and infra pipelines that go from camera input to trajectory output for self driving or robotics Have experience with RL (reinforcement learning) Have a strong understanding of modern ML architectures and training techniques Have experience with model debugging, optimization, and performance tuning Have a background in implementing ML research papers and adapting academic work Tech Stack PyTorch (experience with PyTorch required) Python NodeJS/Typescript Docker Compensation and Benefits: The salary range for this role is $225,000 to $250,000 depending on experience. We are open to a variety of seniority levels for this role and will build compensation packages that are commensurate with seniority and skill level. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.