Waymo
Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer
$210K–$259K
Mountain View, California, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 10 years required. Preferred: 15 years directing reliability programs at CMs, ODMs, or international vendors and suppliers.
- Education
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics.
About the job
Leads the reliability program for a Waymo hardware product area from development through production and field deployment.
What you'll do
- Define and improve reliability processes, including risk analysis, verification, testing, and failure analysis.
- Develop reliability test and validation programs with manufacturers and suppliers, and manage vendor relationships.
- Set reliability roadmaps, schedules, deliverables, and program-level risk mitigation.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics.
- 10 years of experience managing reliability programs for complex electromechanical systems.
- Experience delivering reliability for 1–2 product generations from concept and prototyping through production ramp and field deployment.
- Experience managing DFMEA or another risk analysis process; developing reliability test plans and leading failure analysis and root-cause resolution.
Nice to have
- PhD in a listed engineering or science field; 15 years directing reliability programs at manufacturers or suppliers.
- Experience in automotive, Tier-1, autonomous vehicle, sensor, reliability lab, or high-volume hardware product development and launch.
Pay
$210,000 — $259,000 USD base salary
Tools
DFMEA, FTA, LiDAR, EVT, DVT, PVT
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