Waymo is hiring a System Safety Engineer to join our mission to be the world's most trusted driver. In this role, you will report to a Senior System Safety Engineer and lead critical efforts to analyze, identify, and mitigate safety risks across our autonomous systems.
What You'll Do
- Lead cross-functional efforts to perform safety analyses and identify potential hazards and their causes.
- Assess safety risks qualitatively and quantitatively, support the definition of safety requirements, inform design decisions, propose mitigations, and support verification strategies.
- Participate in software and product design and readiness reviews to ensure safety mitigations and requirements are addressed and effective in the field.
- Provide guidance on the adoption and adaptation of relevant safety standards and industry best practices.
- Help ensure Waymo and its partners comply with relevant safety regulations.
- Evaluate the continued effectiveness of implemented risk control strategies and support identification of new hazards.
- Provide leadership in defining, implementing, and improving relevant System Safety processes while promoting our safety culture.
- Provide leadership in integrating the System Safety Methodology with other methodologies of the Waymo safety framework.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields.
- Strong technical project management skills with the ability to manage multiple parallel projects.
- 10+ years of relevant safety engineering work experience that includes a minimum of 5 years of System Safety engineering.
- Proficient in selecting and performing appropriate inductive/deductive safety analyses to efficiently identify hazards and their level of risk.
- Proficient in applying Systems Engineering principles including defining SMART safety mitigations/requirements and collaborating on effective verification and validation methods.
- Extensive background in risk management and aligning risk-based decisions with stakeholders.
- Experience in writing code and performing unit tests as well as analyzing algorithmic structures in C, C++, and Python.
Nice to Have
- A Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical/Mechatronics/Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields.
- Experience in conducting safety analysis and risk assessments on SAE L3+ Perception and Behavior/Planner software.
Technical Stack
- C
- C++
- Python
Team & Environment
You will report directly to a Senior System Safety Engineer and will be a key leader in cross-functional safety initiatives.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $196,000—$248,000 USD
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates located within the United States.
Waymo is an equal opportunity employer.
