Technical Lead Manager (Planner Tech)

Join Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology. As a Technical Lead Manager, you will provide technical leadership for onboard motion planning systems, improve evaluation capabilities, mentor junior engineers, investigate driving behavior issues, and develop foundational frameworks. You will have the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making, and deep learning. Enjoy a hybrid work model, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package.

• Provide technical leadership for onboard motion planning systems that improve low-speed maneuvering performance.
• Improve evaluation capabilities to better understand on-road performance and develop foundational frameworks that help advancement of the Waymo Driver's capabilities.
• Mentor junior engineers on the team, investigate driving behavior issues from logs, and directly contribute to solving challenging driving situations.
• Ability to collaborate within and across teams
• General software engineering experience programming in C++ with robust and efficient code
• 1+ year of management experience years with 5+ reports
• MS/PHD in Computer Science, ML, Robotics, similar technical field of study, or 4+ years of equivalent practical experience
• Experience with Machine Learning models in production systems
• AV or Robotics experience
• Experience in graph search, optimization, or path planning algorithms
• Coding proficiency in Python and SQL
• 8+ years of Software Engineering experience in complex systems