Role at a glance
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Mountain View, California, United States San Francisco, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 6+ years of relevant product management experience
- Education
- A BS degree in Computer Science, engineering, similar technical field or equivalent practical experience.
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Qualifications
BS degree in Computer Science, engineering, or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience; 6+ years of relevant product management experience and a proven track record of owning and launching complex technical products; strong technical acumen and demonstrated experience developing and launching AI/ML-powered products, including familiarity with foundation models or generative AI; excellent written and verbal communication skills, including communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Required
- Experience working on simulation systems, robotics, autonomous vehicle technology, or game engines.
- Deep understanding of and experience in productizing AI/ML models, including large-scale foundation models.
- Knowledge of sensor simulation, synthetic data generation, or world modeling.
About the role
Original posting provided by Waymo
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's 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’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.
Waymo’s Product Management Team is a mission-driven team responsible for writing and enacting first-of-their-kind playbooks to bring fully autonomous driving technology to market. Our team develops simple solutions for complex problems by orchestrating cross-functional efforts to safely drive Waymo’s technology and the products it enables forward. We do this by understanding the customer, the business, and the technology. We are humble about the scope of our work, collaborative in our approach to problem-solving, and ambitious about our vision for the future.
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Director of Product Management.
You will:
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Define and champion a compelling product vision and strategy for Waymo’s AV simulator
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Work with cross-functional teams, including product managers, operations, system engineering and safety experts to define product requirements
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Collaborate with Engineering, Research, Systems Engineering, Safety, and Operations teams to gather requirements, align roadmaps, and ensure successful development and deployment of new simulation capabilities.
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Monitor and evaluate the performance of the simulator, identifying opportunities to improve realism and efficiency
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Partner with research to build and leverage large-scale foundation models in Simulation
You have:
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A BS degree in Computer Science, engineering, similar technical field or equivalent practical experience.
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6+ years of relevant product management experience, with a proven track record of owning and launching complex technical products.
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Strong technical acumen and demonstrated experience developing and launching AI/ML powered products, including familiarity with foundation models or generative AI.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
We prefer:
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Experience working on simulation systems, robotics, autonomous vehicle technology, or game engines.
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Deep understanding of and experience in productizing AI/ML models, including large-scale foundation models.
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Knowledge of sensor simulation, synthetic data generation, or world modeling.
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.
About the company
Waymo
Large Enterprise
Waymo is a leading autonomous driving technology company, originally a part of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. Established in 2009, Waymo focuses on developing self-driving cars and innovative transportation solutions designed to enhance mobility and safety on the roads. By employing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, the company aims to revolutionize personal and shared transportation, making it more accessible and efficient. Waymo's efforts contribute significantly to the future of autonomous vehicles and the ongoing shift towards smart transportation systems.