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Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager, Simulator Efficiency

Waymo · Mountain View, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)

Roboticsonsitesenior staff$281k–$356k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead efficiency strategy for Waymo's Simulator platform at scale.
  • Build frameworks that maximize performance and compute utilization.
  • Scale evaluation for 100M+ miles and billions of sim miles.

What they offer

  • Discretionary annual bonus program
  • Equity incentive plan
  • Generous Company benefits program

Ideal candidate

A systems-minded technical leader who thrives on large-scale performance challenges and cross-team influence, passionate about making complex simulation platforms efficient and scalable.

Requirements

  • BS/MS in Comp Sci, EE, Robotics, Physics, Math, or related field
  • 6+ years experience on large scale or high complexity system
  • Solid software management experience in infrastructure/systems/performance domain
  • Extensive experience acting as technical lead in performance/software infrastructure domain
  • Proficient in C++
  • Proven track record setting technical vision and delivering multi-quarter roadmaps
  • Excellent communication skills with diverse stakeholders

Lab profile

About Waymo

Autonomous driving technology company building the Waymo Driver for fully autonomous ride-hailing.

What they build

  • Waymo Driver
  • Fully autonomous ride-hail service

Known for

  • Large-scale driving simulation
  • Simulation realism
  • Quantitative evaluations
  • Onboard autonomy models

Key facts

  • Founded in 2009
  • Started as the Google Self-Driving Car Project
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