Software Engineer - Planner 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

• Develop signals to measure the performance and driving qualities of the Waymo driver.
• Use simulation creatively and mine real world driving logs.
• Design and implement methods to connect onboard software changes and simulated outcomes.
• Champion code health and best practices in a large code base.
• Analyze data and make recommendations on improving metric quality.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area.
• 2+ years of experience with navigating and modifying a large code base.
• Experience performing statistical analyses.
• Experience building data processing pipelines.
• Experience writing, reviewing, and merging code.

Benefits

• Eligible for Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program.
• Equity incentive plan participation.
• Generous Company benefits program.