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Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Interaction

Waymo · Mountain View, 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

In this hybrid role, you will report directly to the Technical Lead Manager. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience developing high-performance, efficient C++ code
  • Proven capability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional engineering 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.

The Vehicle Interaction team tackles critical autonomous driving challenges, directly responsible for modeling agent interactions with other vehicles to advance our mission of safety and building the world's most trusted driver. The team develops agent reasoning and motion planning algorithms to resolve complex interactive scenarios—including lane changes, merges, unprotected maneuvers, and cut-ins. By combining core robotics principles with scalable, production-deployed machine learning...

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Driver Refinement + Validation (7LU)

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