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Staff Systems Engineer, Depot & Offhail Automation

Waymo· Systems Engineering
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Mountain View, California, San Francisco, California$230k - $284kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Waymo is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to develop, verify, and extend depot and offhail automation features, collaborating with software, product, and operations teams to improve fleet efficiency and ensure robust end-to-end verification and monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • Work with cross functional teams including software engineers, product managers, and operations leads to develop and implement requirements, system architecture, and verification strategy for new depot & offhail automation features. You will help automate these processes to drive greater fleet efficiency including automated low power mode switching, downloading and installing new software, logging and offloading data, and more.
  • Develop deep technical understanding of existing and new depot & offhail automation features and drive a robust end-to-end verification and monitoring system to ensure these features meet high efficacy goals
  • Develop qualification methods to launch new features and depots and provide engineering recommendations to senior stakeholders
  • Debug field issues to determine root cause and identify solutions with cross functional teams. Be the point person for retrospectives and implement improvements to test coverage and processes to prevent similar issues from happening in the future
  • Extend existing depot automation features to new vehicle platforms to ensure feature parity across the diverse Waymo fleet
  • Apply your existing technical depth to new areas and learn quickly

Qualifications

  • A bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or other technical field
  • At least 8 years of experience in systems engineering, software development, or related field
  • A systems engineering mindset and a proactive, data-driven approach to fixing problems
  • Comfortable juggling multiple projects at once and working in ambiguity
  • Ability to read c++ to understand feature implementation and debug issues more effectively
  • Ability to query data sets (SQL) and create dashboards for debugging and performance monitoring

Skills

Required:Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE or technical fieldSystems engineeringC++ reading for feature implementationSQL and dashboardsCross-functional collaboration
Nice to have:Qualification method development

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
  • Health and wellness benefits
  • Financial wellness and compensation programs
  • Flexibility and time off including remote and hybrid work options
  • Supporting families with enhanced leave options
  • Education reimbursement and professional development
  • ERGs and volunteer time off
  • Access to Google offices and wellness perks
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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