Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Interaction

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate, and deploy learned interaction policies to handle complex navigation and yielding scenarios.
• Collaborate cross-functionally at the intersection of prediction and planning, leveraging large-scale models to solve complex agent interaction problems.
• Integrate learned models into closed-loop simulation environments, benchmark against rigorous safety metrics, and drive seamless transitions to production releases.
• Focus on high-impact product outcomes, making pragmatic engineering decisions to accelerate the shift from rule-based heuristics to scalable, data-driven policies.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience developing high-performance, efficient C++ code.
• Hands-on experience building ML models, including expertise in learned driving policies (RL/imitation learning), PyTorch or JAX, closed-loop simulation evaluation, and a proven track record of shipping models to production.
• Proven capability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional engineering teams.

Preferred

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated software engineering expertise in motion planning or related autonomous systems problems.
• Experience building, training, and benchmarking machine learning systems at scale.
• Technical leadership experience guiding engineers or leading small project teams.

We prefer

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

• $213,000
• $263,000 USD