Senior Diagnostics Engineer

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states. Hardware Engineering is an innovative and collaborative group of electrical, mechanical, reliability, software and vehicle engineers. We design, build, and perfect the products which are the eyes and ears of Waymo's autonomous driving technology, and integrate those products into vehicle platforms. We're seeking curious and talented teammates to keep us moving in the right direction This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Manager of Integration Engineering

You will:

Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for the top issues impacting Waymo’s fleet of driverless vehicles leveraging AI tools and data analysis. Collaborate with cross functional experts across HW engineering, SW Engineering and operations to identify the best solutions to mitigate and resolve top issues. Architect and implement robust diagnostics infrastructure, tooling and processes to improve the efficiency of troubleshooting self-driving and base vehicle systems. Collaborate with subject matter experts on sensing, compute, actuator, and support systems, guiding and supporting them through diagnostics design and improvement. Lead analysis of sub-system diagnostics gaps and needs, informing future diagnostics investment. Evolve Waymo’s Diagnostics strategy through technical and organizational leadership.