Waymo is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. Since our start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the World’s Most Experienced Driver in hopes of improving the world's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our autonomous ride-hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and conducted over 15 billion miles of simulation testing.
Simulation is critical to the development and testing of the self driving car (SDC) software. It enables engineers to rapidly iterate and understand the subtle consequences of any change to the SDC software.
However, the utility of our simulations is predicated on the realism and fidelity of these results. Our team is responsible for building the simulated agents and generating realistic sensor data such that every simulated mile is as realistic as in the real world.
In this Simulation Software Engineering role, you'll:
- Design simulated/AI agents that interact in realistic ways with the self-driving car.
- Simulate sensor output and field of view of the SDC in the virtual driving environment.
- Modify the simulator and onboard software so the behaviors seen on the road can be reproduced in simulation deterministically.
- Filter simulated data and detect the most interesting issues.
At a minimum we’d like you to have:
- A BS or MS in Computer Science or a similar discipline.
- Passionate about self-driving cars.
- Desire to learn and validate the self driving car software and root cause issues.
It’s preferred if you have:
- Writing C++ and comfortable navigating a large code base.
- Working on large systems where performance and robustness matters.
- Designing and building game engine, game AI, or the platform for agent scripting.
- Computational geometry, camera rendering, or simulating sensor output.
- Motion planning or modeling human behavior on the road.
We appreciate your interest in Waymo. Waymo is an equal employment opportunity employer. Waymo’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. Waymo also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Waymo will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. Waymo also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
