Waymo

Staff Systems Engineer, Depot & Offhail Automation

Waymo · Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, CA $230K–$284K Posted 2026-09-02
Salary
$230K–$284K
Type
Full-time
Experience
8+ yr

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.

Waymo's Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways. We set the high performance standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe, then design and perform the tests that validate that performance. We're looking for talented teammates who’ll help us maintain strong teamwork and are passionate about driving results.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Systems Engineering Lead.

You will:

  • 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

You have:

  • 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

We prefer:

  • Strong foundation in system engineering fundamentals such as requirements definition, formal verification and validation methods
  • Experience with test development including simulation and hardware in the loop
  • Experience deploying products at scale
  • Experience with software integration testing
  • Experience deploying products at scale

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

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.

Salary Range
$230,000 — $284,000 USD

$110K — 10th pctl $265K — 90th pctl
This role’s midpoint $257K vs. market median $180K for Engineering roles
+40%
above median
Based on 24,000+ Engineering roles with disclosed salary ranges tracked on NewJob.
Waymo

Waymo

Autonomous Vehicles · Private · Mountain View, USA

Stage & Valuation
Private · $110B
Key Investors
Alphabet, Dragoneer Investment Group, Sequoia Capital
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