Waymo
Hardware Reliability Engineer
Mountain View, California, USA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$144k-$177kDetected 15 days ago
PythonSQLData AnalysisData VisualizationMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringHardware Design
About the role
- The Waymo Driver powers Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases.
- The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
- Hardware Engineering is a diverse, innovative, and collaborative group of electrical, mechanical, reliability, software and vehicle engineers.
Responsibilities
- Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver-The World's Most Experienced Driver™-to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes.
- We design, build, and perfect the products which are the eyes and ears of Waymo's autonomous driving technology, and integrate those products into vehicle platforms.
- Perform Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to identify hardware reliability risks early
- Define reliability requirements and environmental specifications to create comprehensive test plans
- Independently develop and execute reliability experiments and custom test setups
- Lead failure analysis and corrective actions to determine root causes for hardware issues
- Manage technical relationships with vendors and suppliers to execute reliability testing and validation
- Maintain failure rate models and deliver field reliability reports to communicate technical risks
- 5-10 years of product design, reliability, and quality experience
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics
- 5+ years of experience in reliability and quality analysis, including FMEA, Weibull analysis, and SPC
- 5+ years of experience with data analysis and reporting tools such as Python, SQL, JMP, or Tableau
- Knowledge of the mechanics of materials and physics of failure for electronics and sensors
- Experience leading cross-functional teams to resolve complex hardware reliability and quality issues
- Masters Degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, or Engineering
Compensation
- $144,000 - $177,000 USD
Company info
- Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver.
This listing is sourced directly from Waymo's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.