Waymo
Senior Staff Manager, Data Science
$298K–$368K
Mountain View, California, USA +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2025
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- Either a PhD in a quantitative field and 8+ years of industry experience, or 12+ years of industry experience solving data science problems.
- Education
- Degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Physics).
About the job
Leads a data science team evaluating whether the Waymo Driver follows road rules, developing measurement frameworks and insights to guide deployment and scaling decisions.
What you'll do
- Set measurement standards and improve evaluation signals so they support reliable, actionable decisions.
- Adapt evaluation frameworks for road rules in multiple countries and assess performance in new territories and hardware platforms.
- Provide technical leadership and management to data scientists, collaborate across functions, and communicate findings to senior stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Quantitative degree.
- Either a PhD in a quantitative field and 8+ years of industry experience, or 12+ years of industry experience solving data science problems.
- Experience as both a technical lead and a people manager.
- Applied expertise in advanced statistical methods; familiarity with ML systems/models; demonstrated knowledge of data analysis libraries and packages in Python, R, and/or SQL.
Nice to have
- A demonstrated track record of independently driving data science projects to deliver business value.
- Experience in Autonomous Driving or Ride Hailing, large-scale software evaluation frameworks, or adjacent areas such as Advanced Machine Learning, Traffic Modeling, Safety Evaluation or Prediction.
Pay
$298,000 — $368,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, R, SQL
AI focus
Partners with ML engineers to improve detection capabilities and evaluates the Waymo Driver’s road-rule behavior; familiarity with ML systems/models is requested.
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