Field Safety Lead

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.

The Waymo Safety team works to promote and help to continuously improve the safety of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology.

Our experts develop safety goals and strategies, and conduct safety engineering analyses to ensure safety is being considered throughout the design and development of our vehicles.

The team develops and promotes safety strategies and policies for autonomous vehicles for its work with regulatory authorities, lawmakers, law enforcement and public and non-profit organizations.

Our Safety Team also helps advise on compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations.

You will report to the Director of Safety and Incident Management and be based remotely in the United States.

You will :

Lead cross-functional teams in identifying, analyzing, and mitigating issues that may impact the safety of Waymo's active operations.

Lead meetings of Waymo's Field Safety Committee to discuss your findings and provide recommendations to senior leadership including CEOs.

• Identify opportunities to further improve Waymo's Field Safety processes and deliver on your plans while maintaining alignment with Waymo's Safety Case.
• Compile and analyze data from internal sources to address regulatory inquiries and aid in internal safety investigations.
• Participate in the Safety On-Call rotation for one week out of every approximately six weeks

We require :

Senior leader with experience analyzing technology-related safety risks, including ability to quickly identify key issues and bound likelihood and severity.

Experience and confidence making safety-critical decisions under uncertainty.

• Strong project or program management skills and experience, including ability to lead projects or programs that involve ad hoc cross-functional teams.
• Comfort analyzing data, creating data dashboards, etc.
• Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing with legal and regulatory awareness.
• Eagerness to collaborate and network within Waymo, with potential for future external exposure.

We prefer :

• Knowledge of AV technology fundamentals
• Experience working with ML or other AI
• Experience working with regulators

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

$240,000 $302,000 USD