Senior Software Engineer, Core Platforms

About the Company

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 to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives.

Responsibilities

• Work on a small team of Software Engineers to develop system software components from early prototyping to production launch of autonomous vehicles
• Improve the efficiency, reliability, and trustworthiness of onboard software infrastructure
• Collaborate with a variety of engineering teams to take on complex problems

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, or relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience
• Proficiency in C++
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Familiarity with Linux operating system concepts including networking, filesystems, performance troubleshooting, device I/O, and concurrency
• Experience developing applications for Linux-based embedded devices

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of GPUs, ML accelerators, power management, high-performance networking or performance optimization
• Familiarity with robotics concepts: inter-process messaging, logging, reproducibility, diagnostics, and fail-safe designs
• Experience driving change in existing, complex systems and codebases
• Proficiency in Python