Waymo
Regional Autonomous Fleet Readiness Manager - Central
$130K–$160K
Chicago, IL, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
Chicago, Illinois, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of industry experience, including at least 3 years focused on EV platforms; 5+ years overseeing regional fleet and maintenance workflows.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Business, Operations, Fleet or Logistics, or Automotive & Fleet Technology.
About the job
Leads regional fleet readiness and operational scale-up for electric vehicle platforms, coordinating technical teams, vendors, engineering, and field operations to maintain fleet health and service availability.
What you'll do
- Oversee EV platform integration, fleet uptime, maintenance workflows, diagnostics, and technical mentorship across multiple markets.
- Translate technical failures into standard work and root-cause actions; manage vendor service levels, staffing, training, and audits.
- Drive operational automation, fleet-health reporting, and critical-parts availability with internal teams and suppliers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Business, Operations, Fleet or Logistics, or Automotive & Fleet Technology.
- 7+ years of industry experience, including at least 3 years focused on EV platforms.
- 5+ years overseeing regional fleet and maintenance workflows.
- Experience scaling a vehicle platform or complex hardware product from NPI to commercial deployment, plus vendor SLA management and fleet KPI analysis.
Nice to have
- Direct autonomous-vehicle ecosystem experience, including integration of sensing/compute systems with EV powertrains.
- Experience with Waymo Operating System or Lean Manufacturing; advanced EV high-voltage safety knowledge is also preferred.
Pay
$130,000 — $160,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
EV, NPI, Standard Work (SW), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), service-level agreements (SLAs), telemetry data, diagnostic codes (DTCs), Waymo Operating System
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