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Staff Technical Lead Manager, Perception and Semantics Understanding

Waymo LLCMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
Hybrid Full-time $238K/yr - $302K/yr

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Manager

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Responsibilities:Lead a team focused on a crucial production area to scale Waymo's business effectively. Build strong collaborative relationships with both upstream and downstream teams to facilitate comprehensive solutions in relevant product domains. Exhibit technical leadership by advancing the onboard/offboard generalizability using multi-modal foundational models, large-scale third-party data, and collaboration with teams in Research, Oracles, and Simulation. Manage a diverse team of around 10 members, including engineers, modelers, and machine learning infrastructure specialists; promote an inclusive culture that fosters sustained team growth and attracts top-tier talent. Partner with Platform and Infrastructure teams to optimize the key data, training, evaluation, and onboard pipelines for optimal performance, efficiency, and reliability. Formulate execution strategies that balance immediate and long-term objectives, while clarifying roles and responsibilities for cross-organizational alignment. Qualifications:BS/MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related fields.7+ years of experience in technical leadership roles within relevant domains.

About the job

Waymo is pioneering the future of autonomous driving with a commitment to being the world’s most trusted driver. Since its inception as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been dedicated to creating the Waymo Driver—the world's most experienced driver. This innovation aims to enhance mobility access while drastically reducing traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver currently powers our fully autonomous ride-hail services and is adaptable to various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rides provided and an extensive driving experience accumulated over 100 million miles on public roads, plus tens of billions of simulated miles across more than 15 U. S. states, we are setting the standard for safety and reliability in transportation.

We are on the lookout for an accomplished Technical Lead Manager (TLM) to guide our Vehicle Understanding team. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the production modules pertinent to Vehicle Understanding for the Waymo Driver. This encompasses the fine-grained classification of vehicles (e.g., emergency, railed, construction, towing), their states (e.g., warning, temporal blockage, active loading/unloading), and their intents (e.g., lane changes, stalled/slow vehicles, double-parking, unparking). As a key player in Waymo's expansion both domestically and internationally, your contributions will have an immediate impact on enhancing the generalizability of the Waymo Driver.

In this hybrid position, you will report directly to our Senior Staff TLM of Semantics Understanding.

About Waymo LLC

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to transforming transportation and making the roads safer for everyone. Our mission is to develop the most trusted autonomous driving systems while providing unparalleled mobility access.

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