Hardware Reliability Engineer
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics
- 5+ years of experience in reliability and quality analysis, including FMEA, Weibull analysis, and SPC
- 5+ years of experience with data analysis and reporting tools such as Python, SQL, JMP, or Tableau
- Experience independently developing reliability test plans, executing experiments, and performing failure analysis
- Knowledge of the mechanics of materials and physics of failure for electronics and sensors
- Experience leading cross-functional teams to resolve complex hardware reliability and quality issues
Nice To Haves
- Experience in automotive or autonomous vehicle reliability testing and standards
- Product development and launch experience across 2-3 independent product categories
- High-volume manufacturing reliability experience, like ORT
- Masters Degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, or Engineering
- 5-10 years of product design, reliability, and quality experience
- Prior experience managing vendors and suppliers for electronic components
- Occasional travel (1-2 times a quarter) both domestically and internationally
Responsibilities
- Perform Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to identify hardware reliability risks early
- Define reliability requirements and environmental specifications to create comprehensive test plans
- Independently develop and execute reliability experiments and custom test setups
- Lead failure analysis and corrective actions to determine root causes for hardware issues
- Manage technical relationships with vendors and suppliers to execute reliability testing and validation
- Maintain failure rate models and deliver field reliability reports to communicate technical risks
Benefits
- discretionary annual bonus program
- equity incentive plan
- generous Company benefits program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
