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Lead Development Technician

Waymo· Operations
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Mountain View, California$51.5k - $63kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Lead Development Technician in Mountain View, CA (On Site, Full-Time) within Waymo Operations. Focus on enabling experts, evolving workshops, unlocking service capabilities, growing competencies, advancing driver development, and crafting next-gen technology.

Responsibilities

  • Enable the experts: Equip specialist diagnostic technicians with knowledge and resources
  • Evolve the workshop: Facilitate technical change management in the workshops by planning and deploying new technologies, methodologies, and resources
  • Unlock service capabilities: Develop service methods, tools, and technical resources such as theory of operations
  • Grow workshop competencies: Contribute to advanced technical training curriculums
  • Advance Waymo Driver development: Enable engineering testing and development with consultation and hands on support
  • Craft next gen technology: Execute prototype builds and exploratory vehicle modifications

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in an advanced automotive technician or automotive engineering role
  • Mastery of automotive diagnostic strategies and tools covering mechanical, electrical, and networking (e.g. CAN)
  • Demonstrated experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring timely delivery and quality outcomes
  • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, external partners, and executives
  • Analytical skills to identify developmental opportunities and communicate them effectively
  • Experience servicing electric or hybrid vehicles (high voltage qualification preferred)

Skills

Required:Automotive diagnosticsProject management

Benefits

  • 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.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—makes it safe and easy for people & things to get around with autonomous vehicles.

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