Waymo is experiencing unprecedented growth, rapidly expanding into new cities and launching new vehicle platforms, and needs to ensure the safety, reliability, and quality of the Waymo Driver
Requirements
- Increased competency in supporting all phases of the machine learning development lifecycle, from data preparation and training to validation, deployment, and continuous monitoring
- Experience with ML testing and validation, including dataset quality assurance, bias detection, edge-case scenario testing, and performance evaluation using statistical metrics
- Ability to quickly learn and implement new concepts and utilize proprietary tools
- Strong understanding of driving rules and regulations
- Basic SQL querying
- Competency in LLM / transformer models, and / or ML for robotics domain experience
- Experience working with offshore teams / multiple local operations hubs
Responsibilities
- Partner with Engineering to design, test, and deploy cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) and Generative AI (Gen-AI) models and tools to drive step-change improvements in issue discovery & detection, triage efficiency, and quality assurance
- Leverage AI-powered insights and traditional triage signals to proactively identify emerging on-road issue trends, new risk scenarios, and edge cases
- Serve as the key link between AI/ML development and operational execution
- Design and implement robust quality control processes for both human and AI-generated outputs
- Act as the subject matter expert for our Software Quality Operations, working closely with stakeholders, program leads, and vendor teams
- Provide technical leadership and consultation to stakeholders to enhance our workflows and quality
- Identify and escalate issues with our tools, providing technical requirements to engineering, and driving user testing to support the development and deployment of new tooling features
Other
- A proven ability to work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment while maintaining good judgment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with a wide range of individuals in a diverse and dynamic work environment
- BS/BA degree or 4 years of relevant work experience in AV Software Quality Operations
- Must have the ability to work a flexible schedule, including some weekends and holidays, as needed
- Self-motivated with basic skills in task planning and time management
