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Senior Software Engineer, Simulation & Autonomous Driving Realism

Waymo LLCMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
On-site Full-time $204K/yr - $259K/yr

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Qualifications

Responsibilities:Collaborate closely with onboard and research engineers to scale simulation efforts and achieve critical milestones for Waymo. Assist in the development, testing, and enhancement of mapping data utilized within the simulator. Monitor and improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of the simulation environment. Design the long-term architecture to accommodate an increasing number of internal clients. Qualifications:Hands-on experience in building popular simulation software (internal or external) and a strong background in software engineering principles.

About the job

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the most trusted driver on the planet. Originally initiated as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has relentlessly pursued the development of the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access while aiming to save lives lost in traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and can be adapted to various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and an impressive record of over 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, along with tens of billions of miles simulated across 15+ U. S. states, Waymo is leading the charge in safe and effective autonomous transportation.

The Simulator Team at Waymo is tasked with creating cutting-edge simulations of realistic environments that are crucial for testing and training the Waymo Driver. Our team consists of a diverse group of software engineers, machine learning engineers, and data scientists, dedicated to developing industry-leading simulation solutions that assess and enhance the performance of the Waymo Driver. By accurately modeling the real world—including self-driving vehicle dynamics, realistic agents (vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists), traffic systems, and environmental conditions—we ensure that our simulations reflect true driving scenarios. This capability is essential to our mission of creating the world's most experienced driver.

The Vehicle and Automated Driving Realism team is focused on innovating tools and techniques that enhance driving realism, a core aspect of our simulation efforts. We are committed to ensuring that the data derived from our simulations accurately represents real-world driving performance, emphasizing performance, reliability, fidelity, and usability.

In this role, you will report directly to a Senior Staff Engineering Manager.

About Waymo LLC

Waymo LLC is a pioneering company in the field of autonomous driving technology, aiming to create the safest and most reliable self-driving vehicles. Our mission is to improve transportation accessibility while minimizing traffic-related fatalities. We leverage advanced machine learning and simulation techniques to achieve our goals.

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