Waymo
Staff Systems Engineer, Hardware Architecture
$230K–$284K
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 14, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years; preferably in autonomous vehicles, aerospace, or robotics.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (e.g., EE, ME, CS, Aerospace) or a related technical field.
About the job
Leads architecture decisions for the next-generation Waymo Driver, coordinating engineering teams to define a safe, reliable, and integrated self-driving system.
What you'll do
- Lead multi-attribute trade studies and evaluate architectural options for the Self-Driving System.
- Define system interfaces and behaviors, and translate architectural decisions into subsystem requirements.
- Align engineering teams and present data-backed recommendations to senior stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in systems architecture, systems engineering, or complex system design.
- Proven ability to lead complex, multidisciplinary technical trade studies.
- Strong understanding of high availability and safety-critical design, and deep knowledge of autonomous system components in at least one major area.
Nice to have
- Experience with functional safety (ISO 26262), SOTIF (ISO 21448), or MBSE tools and methodologies (e.g., SysML).
- Knowledge of reliability analysis, or experience with performance modeling and simulation of complex systems.
Pay
$230,000 — $284,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
ISO 26262, ISO 21448, SysML, FMEA, FTA, Weibull analysis
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