Systems Engineer, Perception

We're looking for talented teammates who'll help us maintain strong teamwork and are passionate about driving results.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Staff Systems Engineer.

- Use your knowledge of perception systems combined with Waymo's safety and business targets to propose requirements based on statistical, risk based arguments.

- Lead the qualification of perception software systems that are a key part of Waymo's driverless software release.

- Drive consensus on those requirements within the software and hardware teams.

- Develop reusable, high-quality analysis and evaluation tools based on simulation and fleet data.

- Use these and existing tools to design, debug, and execute tests.

- Communicate recommendations and results of your analysis in technical reports and presentations to peers and leadership

- An advanced degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or other relevant technical field OR 4 years of practical experience involving perception or robotic systems

- Experience in software engineering for simulation and data evaluation, using Python or other high level language (e.g. SQL, R, C++)

- Comfortable juggling multiple projects at once and thriving in ambiguity

- Experience managing projects with multiple contributors and stakeholders

- Excellent technical communication and writing skills.

- Experience with Systems Engineering fundamentals, including requirements definition and verification and validation techniques.

- Experience with perception systems for robotics or autonomy, including work with lidar, camera, and/or radar sensor data

- Experience with testing safety-critical systems.

- Experience with C++

- Experience with developing and/or testing machine learning/computer vision/AI 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.

$196,000 - $248,000 USD