Commercial Corporate Counsel

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the most trusted driver. 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.

The Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases.

The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

As part of Waymo's Legal team, you will work on the exciting legal issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help guide our business forward from technology development through scaled commercial deployment.

We partner with our public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to define transportation policy for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on regulatory changes that support and protect our users around the world.

We collaborate with our engineering, product, strategy and operations teams to develop and protect our intellectual property portfolio and guide our corporate and commercial transactions.

We ensure compliance with a complex and dynamic range of global regulations. And we anticipate, mitigate, and litigate high-profile and precedent-setting legal matters.

You will be based hybrid on-site in the Bay area and report into our Managing Counsel.

You will :

• Review, draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, such as hardware purchase and development, inbound services, supply chain, joint development and collaboration and other commercial transactional agreements.
• Respond promptly to legal requests from our product, engineering, sourcing, business development, finance, and marketing teams, summarizing and communicating legal concepts.
• Advise cross-functional partners on legal issues such as product liability, regulatory matters, agreement structures, approval processes, IP, and negotiation strategies.
• Support improvements to Waymo's legal department by streamlining processes, forms, and operations.

You have :

• JD degree, admission to the bar, and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the state where the position is located.
• 3+ years of experience advising on intellectual property and commercial agreements.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements such as licenses, supply, and services agreements.
• Experience in another specialist area of law (e.g. employment, intellectual property, corporate, or competition).
• Experience advising clients from hardware supply, R&D or new technology companies.
• Experience managing multiple projects and developing expertise in new, complex subjects.

LI-Hybrid

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

$226,000 $286,000 USD