Field Safety Engineer

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

The Waymo Safety team works to promote and help to continuously improve the safety of Waymo’s fully autonomous driving technology. Our experts develop safety goals and strategies, and conduct safety engineering analyses to ensure safety is being considered throughout the design and development of our vehicles. The team develops and promotes safety strategies and policies for autonomous vehicles for its work with regulatory authorities, lawmakers, law enforcement and public and non-profit organizations. Our Safety Team also helps advise on compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations.

In this role, you will work with other members of Waymo’s Safety team and with technical and non-technical partners across Waymo to identify and analyze issues that could impact the safety of Waymo’s fleet of autonomous vehicles.

You will:

• Lead investigations into driverless events, employee safety concerns, and other potential issues that could pose risks to the safety of Waymo vehicles currently operating in the field. Work with other Waymo teams to develop solutions when needed.

• Analyze data from Waymo vehicles to identify and assess trends.

• Work with Legal and other Waymo teams to respond to governmental investigations and legal claims.

• Help promote a positive safety culture throughout the organization.

You have:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical degree and 5+ years work experience

• Hands-on experience with field safety or safety investigations in the form of accident reconstruction, failure analysis, safety-related investigations, and/or automotive defect investigation

• Analytical proficiency demonstrated through experience performing quantitative risk assessment, reliability analysis, and/or statistical data analysis

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Self motivated and ability to network internally

We prefer:

• M.S. or Ph.D. in engineering or a related technical field

• Software familiarity in autonomy or machine learning

• Familiarity with product liability principles

• Experience in evaluating and ensuring regulatory compliance and/or interacting with regulators

• Experience with highly automated vehicles

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range
$196,000—$248,000 USD