Systems Engineer, Radar

Company: Waymo
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: January 7, 2021

Job Description:

Waymo is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they're going. Since our start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the World's Most Experienced Driver in hopes of improving the world's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our autonomous ride-hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and conducted over 15 billion miles of simulation testing.

Waymo's Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways. We set the high performance standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe, then design and perform the tests that validate that performance. We're looking for talented teammates who'll help us maintain strong teamwork and are passionate about driving results.

In this role, you'll:

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• Lead the sign-off of self-driving car radars and the perception algorithms that use them
  
• Use the physics of radar and scenarios from real-world driving to propose radar and/or perception requirements
  
• Drive consensus on those requirements within the hardware and software teams
  
• Design, debug, and execute tests
  
• Analyze test data, communicate the results in technical reports and presentations
  
• Write reusable, high quality, data analysis software and physics simulations
  
• Find creative ways to automate the sign-off process
  
  At a minimum we'd like you to have:
  
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  • A bachelor's degree in physics, engineering, or other technical field OR equivalent practical experience
    
  • An advanced degree in a radar-related field OR 5 years of equivalent practical experience
    
  • Experience with radar, DSP algorithms, radar requirements generation, and radar validation/testing
    
  • Experience analyzing data using Python or other high level language (e.g. Matlab, SQL, R, C++)
    
  • Experience managing projects with multiple contributors and stakeholders

Keywords: Waymo, Mountain View , Systems Engineer, Radar, Other , Mountain View, California