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Charging Automation Lead

Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · On-site

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About Waymo

Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—makes it safe and easy for people & things to get around with autonomous vehicles. Take a ride now. Backed by Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.

About the role

As the Charging Automation Lead , you will architect the transition from manual infrastructure to a fully automated, ""zero-touch"" charging network supporting a global autonomous vehicle fleet. Sitting within the e-Mobility team, you will lead the strategic technical integration of robotic charging arms, rapid-deploy energy systems, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to eliminate operational bottlenecks and dramatically scale high-density charging infrastructure"

What they're looking for

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business, or a related technical field
  • 5+ years of relevant experience with Charger Management Systems development, API development, data automation/scripting, specifically with high proficiency in Python and experience with frameworks like Autobot or similar
  • Extensive technical experience with EV charging infrastructure deployment and the commissioning lifecycle, specifically with regards to OCPP/OCPI and other means of offboard data communications
  • Strong experience speccing, building and managing API's between cloud based platforms and data repositories
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps, along with version control systems like Git
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects that involve both hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) bench work and in-vehicle testing
More about this role

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.

As the Charging Automation Lead , you will architect the transition from manual infrastructure to a fully automated, ""zero-touch"" charging network supporting a global autonomous vehicle fleet. Sitting within the e-Mobility team, you will lead the strategic technical integration of robotic charging arms, rapid-deploy energy systems, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to eliminate operational bottlenecks and dramatically scale high-density charging infrastructure"

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