Planner, Technical Lead Manager (Router)
Waymo
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.
The Router team develops technologies, algorithms, ML models and infrastructure to produce routes from point A to point B that are safe, compliant and efficient. We ensure our Waymo One cars can operate in dozens of cities under all driving conditions. We are also responsible for destination management and inter-operating with the Waymo one application offboard. We are mission-critical to Waymo's operation. You will address challenging problems in autonomous driving by collaborating with other Planner teams.
You will:
- Manage, mentor and technically lead a team of software engineers and managers to ensure the Router team's success.
- Set the vision to evolve the infrastructure, evaluation metrics, ML models and routing algorithms
- Develop the strategy for safe, compliant destination management.and efficient routing for any city in all weather conditions.
- Partner across our teams in Planner, Perception, Simulation and Research teams to provide optimal end-to-end performance.
You have:
- Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Robotics, ML or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of experience implementing reliable production systems involving large-scale systems, evaluation pipelines, ML models and metrics.
- 5+ years of experience managing a team
- Experience with Geo/Maps, Routing OR Search
- Proficiency in C++ and hands-on SWE design skills
We prefer:
- Masters or higher degree preferably in ML, robotics, or related field
- Experience in AV planning, behavior prediction and motion planning
In this role, you will report to an Engineering Director
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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.
