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Waymo

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Artificial Intelligence
Posted
Dec 26, 2025
Salary
$298,000–$368,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Staff Technical Lead Manager, Perception Optimization

Job description

Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you’re a software engineer or researcher who’s curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you.

The Sensor Foundations Team’s purpose is to provide cleaned-up sensor data through highly optimized APIs to Perception models, to…

Job responsibilities

  • Lead a small team of optimization experts
  • Identify system-level optimization opportunities
  • Optimize existing CPU code
  • Write and review CUDA code
  • Collaborate with ML practitioners to understand their input-processing needs.
  • Be a steward of our compute resources

Job requirements

  • B.Sc in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field
  • 8+ years of industry experience
  • Strong C++ programming skills
  • Experience with optimizing CPU or GPU code (ideally both)
  • Prior people management experience

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