# Senior Product Manager, New Platform Discovery and Validation at Waymo

- Company: Waymo
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://waymo.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-16
- Apply by: 2026-11-30
- Apply: https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs?gh_jid=8289592&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/waymo-senior-product-manager-new-platform-discovery-and-validation/

## About the role

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Product Management Lead of New Platform Introductions (NPI) . Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Demonstrated track record of owning complex technical products end-to-end—translating ambiguous system-level validation and operational challenges into clear product requirements, metrics, and multi-quarter roadmaps
- Strong analytical foundation in capacity and demand planning, resource optimization, and operational efficiency for constrained hardware/compute test assets
- Deep systems thinking with the ability to reason across the full autonomous stack—from sensors, compute, firmware, and base vehicle integration to perception/ML models, onboard software, and fleet operations
- Proven ability to influence and align diverse cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering (Onboard SW, Simulation, Hardware), Systems Engineering, Testing Operations, and Commercialization without direct authority
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical/Robotics Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Occasional travel (up to 10%) between Bay Area offices (Mountain View, San Francisco), depots, and closed-course testing facilities (AZ, CA) as needed for platform validation milestones

Tags: Product (78L)

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/waymo-senior-product-manager-new-platform-discovery-and-validation/