# Staff Software Engineer, TLM, Quantitative Evaluations 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: San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-06
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs?gh_jid=8244908&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/waymo-staff-software-engineer-tlm-quantitative-evaluations/

## About the role

The Planner Evaluation team works on one of the key challenges in autonomous driving: measuring and improving the quality of the software that drives the car. We are looking for experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to help us improve how we characterize and evaluate changes to the Onboard software stack (Planner, Perception, etc). If you are passionate about autonomous vehicles and how to use rich, complex data to drive decision making, this is the role for you! Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area
- 5+ years of experience in the field of software engineering
- Solid technical leadership in defining vision, strategy and priorities
- Proficiency in C++ or Python in a production environment
- Strong technical communication and collaboration skills

Tags: Simulation (7XW)

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