Waymo
Staff Vehicle Controls Engineer, Steering
$230K–$284K
Mountain View, Ca, USA +2 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Dec 26, 2025
- Location
- Mountain View, Ca, USA
Novi, Mi, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years; at least part of that time focused on steering systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant Engineering or a related field (including ME, EE, CS, Robotics, Controls, Aerospace, etc.) or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads steering system requirements, architecture, supplier integration, fault response, investigations, and verification for the Waymo Driver’s driverless operation.
What you'll do
- Own steering system requirements and drive fault-tolerant architecture, fault monitoring, and safe responses in partnership with Functional Safety.
- Lead technical work with steering suppliers and vehicle OEMs, including specification and interface reviews and defect resolution.
- Investigate steering issues and define verification strategy, using vehicle data and testing to sign off steering for driverless operation.
What they ask for
- 7+ years developing and integrating safety-critical systems, with at least part focused on steering systems.
- System-level ownership of requirements, architecture, or control strategy for an automotive steering system.
- Strong systems engineering foundation, including requirements traceability, verification and validation, and HIL or vehicle-level testing.
- Proficiency in Python or MATLAB and ability to read C/C++; relevant Engineering bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with redundant or fail-operational steering, especially on L4 self-driving platforms; or applying ISO 26262 to steering.
- Supplier management, automotive development and release processes, named vehicle tools, or Korean or Japanese proficiency.
Pay
$230,000 — $284,000 USD base salary
Tools
EPS, steer-by-wire, Python, MATLAB, C/C++, ISO 26262, CAN/CAN-FD, Vector CANoe/CANalyzer
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