Structured Testing Vendor Engineering Lead

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. This role is within Waymo's Systems Engineering team, which sets high performance standards for vehicles and designs and performs the tests that validate that performance. The role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to a Systems Test Engineering Manager, Structured Testing. Travel: Domestic and International Travel: 20%.

Responsibilities

Govern the operational performance and output of a large-scale test engineering program comprised of Vendor Test Engineers working across multiple vendors and three proving grounds, covering Systems Engineering technical domains including Sensing, Perception, Motion Control, Fault Protection, Low Voltage, Cyber Security, Hardware in the Loop, and Commercialization domains; Drive towards alignment on strategic handover of technical Engineering workflows and project responsibility; Work with Waymo technical leads to establish long term project roadmaps to ensure the latest automation and AI tooling is incorporated into the testing pipeline; Understand how to develop sustainable and repeatable engineering workflows from unstructured one off development processes; Collaborate with engineering partners to create the ideal organizational structure and Engineering process flows; Create a culture of Engineering excellence at scale for a growing Engineering organization

Requirements

Experience in real world testing in automotive, aerospace or robotics, including test equipment, data acquisition, and automated analysis; Experience establishing new engagements with vendors providing engineering, testing, or operational services; The ability to effectively lead large cross functional teams and projects without direct authority; Demonstrated experience in successfully transitioning large engineering workflows from an established team to a new Engineering organization, such as transitioning workflows from an overseas OEM to a local team, or from a company's HQ to a remote location; Experience developing a new Engineering organization and establishing effective methodologies and processes to allow the team to take on new and specialized technical workflows

Nice to have

Experience with automotive testing across a diverse range of operating conditions and technical domains (Vehicle Dynamics, ADAS, Noise and Vibration, Durability, Sensing, Perception, etc.); Experience with physical hands-on testing of Autonomous Vehicles and related technologies; Experience converting manually executed and analyzed test campaigns into more efficient automated verification methodologies; Strong knowledge of Systems Engineering principles and experience with verification coverage plans developed from system level requirements

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance; Mental wellness support; Gym membership; Special wellness programs; Competitive compensation; Discretionary annual bonus program; Equity incentive plan; Employees provident fund; Employee discounts; Flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year; Paid time off; Bereavement, sick, and parental leave