Waymo
Senior Staff Technical Lead Manager, Perception Optimization
$298K–$368K
Mountain View, CA, USA +2 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Dec 26, 2025
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- B.Sc in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field.
About the job
Leads a small team optimizing sensor-data processing across CPU, GPU, and system-level software for Perception models.
What you'll do
- Lead a small team of optimization experts and identify system-level optimization opportunities.
- Optimize existing CPU code and write and review CUDA code.
- Collaborate with ML practitioners on input-processing needs and steward compute resources.
What they ask for
- Strong C++ programming skills.
- Experience optimizing CPU or GPU code; ideally both.
- Prior people management experience.
Nice to have
- M.Sc or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field.
- Experience with system-level optimization and compiler technology.
Pay
$298,000 — $368,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, CUDA, CPU, GPU
AI focus
Optimizes sensor-data processing that feeds Perception ML models and collaborates with ML practitioners on their input-processing needs.
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