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System Safety Engineer, Strategic Programs & Integration

Waymo· Safety
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Hybrid (Mountain View, California), Hybrid (San Francisco, California), Hybrid (Kirkland, Washington)$241k - $297kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Waymo is seeking a System Safety Engineer for strategic programs and integration in a hybrid role based in Mountain View, CA / San Francisco, CA / Kirkland, WA. The role focuses on leading safety program planning, cross-functional safety delivery, and interfacing with executive leadership to drive safety across autonomous vehicle programs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end program planning, milestone roadmapping, and OKR definition across the entire System Safety organization, ensuring high-priority safety workstreams align with company-wide product launches
  • Spearhead System Safety workstreams for new, strategic programs across Onboard SW, Systems Engineering, Hardware, Ops Safety, and Product, translating high-level vehicle goals into actionable safety deliverables
  • Establish and execute the Safety Baseline and Delta approach for product expansions and novel product capabilities
  • Track and govern safety readiness criteria across multiple vehicle platforms, identifying critical-path bottlenecks and driving timely resolution
  • Partner with team leads to standardize safety processes, develop automated workflows and tracking dashboards (Jira/TaskFlow), and reduce execution overhead for safety engineers
  • Serve as the primary safety interface to executive program leadership, Product Management, Systems Engineering, and Fleet Operations, championing safety culture and synthesizing complex risk assessments into clear executive summaries

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience) with 10+ years of technical program management or safety engineering experience in safety-critical domains
  • Working knowledge of system safety engineering principles, risk management, and industry standards (e.g., ISO 26262, ISO 21448/SOTIF, ISO 31000/31010, MIL-STD-882)
  • Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional technical programs from concept through validation, including resource allocation, schedule risk management, and executive reporting
  • Strong understanding of autonomous vehicle systems, software/hardware release lifecycles, and V&V methodologies
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and align diverse engineering, product, operations, and leadership teams in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
  • Experience establishing engineering workflows, requirements traceability, and project management frameworks using Jira, Buganizer/TaskFlow, or equivalent systems

Skills

Required:Program managementSystem safety engineeringV&V methodologiesStakeholder influencingJira / TaskFlow / Buganizer

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year; 5 days/event
  • Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
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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