Waymo
Field Safety Engineer
$170K–$210K
Mountain View, CA, USA +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- No post-doctoral work experience required; recent Ph.D. graduates are encouraged to apply.
- Education
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Build offboard field-safety monitors for Waymo’s autonomous fleet, using field-event analysis and AI tools to identify and proactively address safety issues.
What you'll do
- Investigate driverless events, employee safety concerns, and other potential vehicle-safety issues by analyzing field data and trends.
- Identify monitoring opportunities and design and build offboard field monitors using available AI tools.
What they ask for
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Hands-on software development for data analysis, system modeling, or simulation; ability to independently write clean, maintainable, documented code.
- Solid grasp of at least one fundamental area relevant to autonomous vehicle safety, such as control theory, vehicle dynamics, perception, or machine learning.
- Curiosity in using data to answer safety questions, ability to build relationships across engineering teams, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Software experience in autonomy or machine learning.
- Familiarity with statistical data analysis, quantitative risk assessment, reliability engineering, large-scale datasets, SQL-like querying, or interactive offboard data dashboards.
Pay
$170,000–$210,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C++, SQL
AI focus
Design and build proactive offboard field monitors using Waymo’s latest available AI tools.
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