Waymo
Staff Systems Engineer, Depot & Offhail Automation
$230K–$284K
Mountain View, CA, USA +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- At least 8 years in systems engineering, software development, or a related field.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or another technical field.
About the job
Develops and verifies depot and off-hail automation features that improve fleet efficiency, safety, and consistency across vehicle platforms.
What you'll do
- Define requirements, system architecture, and verification strategies for depot and off-hail automation features with cross-functional teams.
- Build end-to-end verification and monitoring, develop qualification methods for features and depots, and recommend launch readiness.
- Debug field issues, lead retrospectives and process improvements, and extend automation features to new vehicle platforms.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or another technical field.
- At least 8 years of experience in systems engineering, software development, or a related field.
- Ability to read C++ to understand feature implementation and debug issues.
- Ability to query datasets using SQL and create dashboards for debugging and performance monitoring.
Nice to have
- Strong foundation in systems engineering fundamentals, including requirements definition and formal verification and validation methods.
- Experience with test development, including simulation and hardware in the loop; product deployment at scale; or software integration testing.
Pay
$230,000 — $284,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, SQL
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