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About the Role

The Planner Evaluation team addresses a key challenge in autonomous driving: measuring and improving the quality of the software that drives the car. We seek experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to enhance how we characterize and evaluate changes to the Onboard software stack (Planner, Perception, etc.). This role is ideal for those passionate about autonomous vehicles and leveraging complex data for decision-making.

Responsibilities

Develop signals to measure Waymo driver performance and driving qualities using statistics, math, physics, algorithms, and machine learning.
Utilize simulation and real-world driving logs to measure driving performance.
Design and implement methods to connect onboard software changes with simulated outcomes.
Champion code health and best practices in a complex codebase.
Analyze data and recommend improvements for metric quality and interpretability.
Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, statisticians, and leadership to deliver evaluation products and support data-driven decisions.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math, or a quantitative area.
Strong self-motivation to navigate complex systems and complete open-ended problems.
4-7 years of industry experience.
Experience navigating and modifying large codebases with languages like C++, Python, and SQL.
Experience performing statistical analyses.
Experience building data processing pipelines.
Experience writing, reviewing, and merging code following industry standards for code health and maintainability.
Quant/data fluency.

Skills

C++ coding experience.
Machine Learning experience.
A/B experiment infrastructure experience.
Experience building and validating metrics for quality measurement in complex systems.
Exposure to ad-hoc data analysis tools for rapid modeling and prototyping.
Experience in the AV industry.

Location

US locations
Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

4-7 years of industry experience

Education Level

BS in Computer Science
BS in Robotics
BS in Statistics
BS in Physics
BS in Math
BS in a quantitative area

Salary/Compensations

$251,000 - $310,000 USD

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program

About the Company

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company.
Mission: to be the world's most trusted driver.
Started as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009.
Focuses on building the Waymo Driver to improve mobility access and save lives.
Waymo Driver powers fully autonomous ride-hail service.
Waymo Driver can be applied to various vehicle platforms and product use cases.
Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips.
Waymo Driver has autonomously driven over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.