Principal Software Engineer, Driver Understanding & Evaluation - Remote

Overview

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

In Short

• Shape the strategy for machine learning-based evaluation metrics
• Manage large-scale evaluation infrastructure and resource optimization
• Guide various teams on evaluation strategy
• Champion scientific and statistical rigor in embodied AI applications
• Lead the definition and implementation of important evaluation metrics and reward functions
• Ensure alignment on evaluation goals and priorities

Requirements

• Experience defining and implementing evaluation strategies
• Background in scientific and statistical methods
• Experience in Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• 3+ years of experience leading and scaling large-scale data and evaluation systems
• Mastery of data-driven report writing and technical strategy documentation for executive decision-making
• Technical leadership experience including prior hands-on involvement with the development of large-scale AI or LLM systems

Benefits

• Participation in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
• Equity incentive plan
• Generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements