Technical Lead Manager, Simulation Infrastructure

About Waymo

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. Since our start as the Google Self‑Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the Waymo Driver – the World’s Most Experienced Driver – to improve everyone’s access to mobility while saving thousands of lives from traffic crashes.

Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our fully autonomous ride‑hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and conducted over 20 billion miles of simulation testing.

The Simulation Infrastructure team is responsible for creating reliable, scalable, and cost‑effective simulation‑based products that evaluate Waymo Driver’s software stack at a massive scale. We solve complex technical challenges to build services and tools for a broad range of customers – Software Engineers, Product, Data Science, System Engineering, and more. If you are a cross‑functional engineering leader interested in building the next generation of simulation products and services, we’d love to hear from you!

• Lead an infrastructure team that serves the Simulation‑based Evaluation needs for a large and diverse set of customer teams across Waymo.
• Set the technical vision and direction for your team, and influence the direction of the broader Infrastructure Organization. Identify opportunities and critical issues spanning multiple teams, organizations, and use cases, and play a key role in defining their technical solutions.
• Manage a medium‑sized team (5‑7) of junior and senior SWEs, organizing them into effective sub‑teams with clear missions, projects, and APIs.
• Contribute production‑grade code, execute code reviews, drive and influence detailed technical designs.
• Align and define plans for your team while influencing the planning and strategy of partners and the larger organization.

• Hands‑on experience building large‑scale distributed systems.
• Proficient in C++ or a strong willingness to learn.
• 2+ years of directly managing high‑performing Software Engineers.
• Demonstrated experience working cross‑functionally with Product, Program, Data Science, etc.
• History of data‑driven decision making.

• Experience working with different types of large‑scale systems.
• History of working on Infra teams with multiple different customers.
• Experience with evaluation tools, data analysis, and data science concepts.
• 10+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer/Technical Expert.

Salary range for this full‑time position across US locations: $221,000–$276,000 USD. Actual starting pay will be based on job‑related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training, and skill level.

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

Health and Wellness: Top‑notch medical, dental, and vision insurance, mental wellness support, flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA), on‑site physicians/nurses in some locations, and special wellness programs.

Financial Wellness: Competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, a generous 401(k) plan or regional retirement plans, 1‑on‑1 financial coaching, a 529 College Savings Plan, and other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and Time Off: Ability to work from another location for four weeks per year, support for on‑site, hybrid, and remote work models, paid time off, Waymo recharge days, bereavement,…