The Chassis team provides the foundational infrastructure and tools that enable the Waymo organization to release software frequently and with confidence. You will lead the technical direction and implementation of a city-scale simulation environment that serves as the centerpiece for Waymo's release validation process. As a Senior Staff Tech Lead Engineer, you will architect solutions for large-scale simulated environments, drive the migration to modern testing frameworks, and ensure cross-functional alignment to expand test coverage to include complex systems. You will mentor a team of engineers to deliver a reliable, repeatable, and realistic testing environment that mirrors production and shifts outage detection left.       

This Hybrid role reports to our Director of Engineering.

You will:

• Help build and evolve mission-critical horizontal infrastructure and tooling that underpins all commercialization systems
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to develop systems and processes as business needs grow and evolve
• Scale our systems to meet the demands of commercial expansion and growing complexity
• Solve hard, real-world problems such as world simulation for regression testing and evaluation of software services managing fleets for autonomous vehicles

 

You have:

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience    
• 6+ years of backend or infrastructure experience    
• 5+ years of tech leadership experience    
• Proven track record of driving strategic alignment and consensus across complex, cross-functional organizations    

 

We prefer:

• Experience with C++ (or a willingness to participate in professional development activities to stay current on industry knowledge)    
• Experience working in environments including nontechnical team members    
• Experience with operations tooling, developer productivity, or developer tools    
• Experience with simulation environments