Senior System Safety Engineer, Operations & Fleet Response

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.

Check you match the skill requirements for this role, as well as associated experience, then apply with your CV below.

The Waymo Safety team works to promote and help to continuously improve the safety of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our experts develop safety goals and strategies, and conduct safety engineering analyses to ensure safety is being considered throughout the design and development of our vehicles. The team develops and promotes safety strategies and policies for autonomous vehicles for its work with regulatory authorities, lawmakers, law enforcement and public and non-profit organizations. Our Safety Team also helps advise on compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations.

In this hybrid role, you will report into one of our System Safety Leads.

You will:

  • Lead cross-functional safety analyses as subject matter expert to identify hazards, assess risks, define requirements, drive mitigation and verification strategies, and inform decisions.
  • Participate in operations design and readiness reviews and present safety risk to ELT
  • Evaluate the continued effectiveness of implemented mitigations to ensure risk profile have not changed; if safety risk has changed supports the identification of new hazards & mitigations
  • Solve challenging and ambiguous problems with long time horizons, helping teammates navigate "uncharted territory" in safety engineering.
  • Articulate and influence new safety approaches to stakeholders across Product, Legal, Systems Engineering, and Operations

You have:

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Mechatronics/Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields
  • Strong technical project management skills with the ability to manage multiple parallel projects
  • 10+ years of relevant engineering work experience that includes minimum 7 years of System Safety engineering
  • Proficient in selecting and performing appropriate inductive/deductive safety analyses in order to efficiently identify hazards and their level of risk
  • Proficient in applying Systems Engineering principles including defining SMART safety mitigations/requirements and collaborating on effective verification and validation methods

We prefer:

  • A Master's degree or PhD in Electrical/Mechatronics/Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields
  • Experience in complex, safety critical fleet operations and the impact to hardware, software, and systems design
  • Provide guidance on relevant safety standards and industry best practices
  • Experience in optimizing safety management systems and processes

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. xxoysbn

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

$241,000—$297,000 USD

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