Waymo
Automotive Testing Lead
$196K–$242K
Mountain View, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 5, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
About the job
Leads vehicle-level testing operations and cross-functional validation, helping partners develop test plans and move toward automated, data-driven testing.
What you'll do
- Develop test strategies, plans, scripts, and judgment criteria with partners; guide the shift from manual testing to automated approaches.
- Define and manage early vehicle smoke-test campaigns and lead in-territory vehicle testing operations with vendor teams.
- Coordinate Waymo and OEM stakeholders, mentor partner engineers, and ensure test traceability and logging standards.
What they ask for
- Professional fluency in Japanese (N1 level or equivalent).
- Hands-on physical vehicle testing experience in areas such as ADAS, vehicle dynamics, low-voltage systems, or system integration.
- Strong background in systems engineering, test engineering, or automotive validation.
- Demonstrated leadership coordinating and leading vendor teams.
Nice to have
- Technical experience managing external partners or suppliers; experience with requirements management tools or issue tracking.
- Systems Engineering knowledge and verification coverage planning experience, or proficiency in Python or SQL for test automation.
Pay
$196,000—$242,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Jama, DOORS, Jira, Python, SQL
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