Systems Test Engineer, Sensing

Waymo•Mountain View, CA

61d•Hybrid

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. 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. In this hybrid role, you will report to a Team lead, Sensing Systems Test Engineering.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in physics, engineering, or other technical field OR equivalent practical experience
An advanced degree OR 8 years of equivalent practical experience
Experience analyzing data using Python or other high level language (e.g. Matlab, SQL, C++)
Experience in writing testable and maintainable software running in production level environment
Experience collaborating in projects with multiple non-colocated contributors and stakeholders
Experience with systems engineering verification and validation (V&V) methods

Nice To Haves

V&V test campaign coordination and execution
Familiarity with robotics, sensing, optics, or perception technologies
Experience debugging complex systems
Experience with simulation-based testing
Experience with autonomous vehicles or other autonomous systems
Experience with technical program management

Responsibilities

Own a significant portion of the sensor (lidar, camera, radar) verification and validation activities to support qualification of fully autonomous operations, for both recurring software releases and new hardware prototypes
Design, execute and debug automated tests across multiple platforms to verify sensing requirements, expose issues, and identify root causes
Work with systems engineers, systems test engineers, software engineers, hardware engineers and external vendor teams to strategize on, create, standardize and optimize automated testing methodologies supporting periodic onboard software deployment
Write reusable, high quality, sensor data analysis and test automation software (Python and/or C++)
Develop cohesive verification and validation plans, including test plans
Analyze test data and communicate the results in technical reports and presentations

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