Senior Software Engineer (Sensor Simulation)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Sensor Simulation): Building and maintaining high-performance simulation engines to evaluate the safety of autonomous driving models with an accent on multi-modal sensor data processing. Focus on scaling complex data pipelines and integrating advanced rendering techniques to simulate real-world environments at massive scale.

Location: Onsite in Mountain View, California

Salary: $213,000–$263,000 USD

Company

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company dedicated to building the world's most trusted driver to improve mobility and safety.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain efficient simulators capable of running millions of miles to evaluate onboard model safety.
• Process multi-modal data including camera, lidar, and radar inputs.
• Collaborate with AI and machine learning teams to enhance simulation pipeline capabilities.
• Design and optimize asset management pipelines for large-scale data storage and processing.

Requirements

• Must be based in or able to work onsite in Mountain View, California.
• Experience developing or working with 3D game engines.
• Background in approximating real-world physics, light transport, photogrammetry, or neural rendering techniques like NeRFs and Gaussian splats.
• Proven experience in building efficient asset management pipelines for data-intensive applications.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating with ML training pipelines.
• Understanding of trade-offs in synchronous versus asynchronous data processing architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• Participation in discretionary annual bonus program.
• Equity incentive plan eligibility.
• Comprehensive company benefits program.
• Opportunity to work on industry-leading autonomous driving technology.