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Head of Industrial Design

Waymo · Mountain View, CA, US · 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

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Head of Design and Consumer Research

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or Automotive Design
  • 15+ years of industrial design experience, including 8+ years leading automotive design programs or OEM vehicle studio teams
  • Proven track record of delivering production vehicle programs or complex automotive exterior and interior platforms from concept to volume manufacturing
  • Deep technical mastery of automotive packaging, Class-A surfacing, CMF processes, and vehicle safety or regulatory compliance
  • Demonstrated experience presenting design strategy and technical trade-offs to executive leadership and cross-functional engineering leads
  • Strong leadership background with experience managing, mentoring, and scaling multi-disciplinary design teams
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.

Passionate about aesthetics and product innovation, Waymo’s Industrial Design Team is responsible for envisioning the future of mobility and autonomous driving technology. The Design Team develops and applies cohesive design language to the Waymo Driver, delivering an exceptional customer experience with best-in-class product quality.

The Industrial Design Team creates smart and elegant solutions that pave the future of mobility while prioritizing our riders’ needs & safety. We are involved in...

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Industrial Design (78N)

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