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Staff Systems Engineer, Driving Behaviors

Waymo· Systems Engineering
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Mountain View, California, San Francisco, California$230k - $284kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Hybrid Staff Systems Engineer role focused on driving behaviors within Waymo's Systems Engineering team, emphasizing data-driven analysis, metrics, cross-functional collaboration, and risk management to influence system design for autonomous driving behaviors.

Responsibilities

  • Identify the critical data of key driving behaviors, analyze it, develop metrics, and use those metrics to influence the design of the system, in ambiguous, open-ended behavioral areas
  • Provide requirements and feedback on verifications, CL's, etc.
  • Anticipate issues and risks in your area of ownership, communicate them clearly and work cross-functionally to mitigate them.
  • Architect large projects with broad impact on the efficiency of the systems engineering organization
  • Build, coordinate, and nurture collaborations across teams
  • Champion intellectual honesty

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or related field (e.g., Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace, etc.)
  • Demonstrated ability to tackle technical challenges, analyze cross-disciplinary problems, and propose innovative, maintainable solutions
  • Experience with data collection, statistical analysis, and developing metrics to support system evaluation or improvement
  • Strong skills in creating clear and concise technical documentation and effectively presenting complex ideas to diverse audiences
  • Proven ability to contribute to or lead cross-functional initiatives, driving alignment and ensuring stakeholder engagement throughout the development process
  • Proficiency with tools like Python, MATLAB, or similar for data analysis

Skills

Required:Data collectionStatistical analysisMetrics developmentTechnical documentationCross-functional collaborationPython

Benefits

  • Waymo employees are eligible to participate in discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program
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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