As part of Waymo's Legal team, you will work on the exciting legal issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help drive our business lines forward from technology ideation through scaled commercial deployment. We partner with our public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to define transportation policy for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on regulatory changes that support and protect our users around the world. We collaborate with our engineering, product, strategy and operations teams to develop and protect our intellectual property portfolio and drive our corporate and commercial transactions. We ensure compliance with an increasingly complex and dynamic range of global regulations. And we anticipate, mitigate, and litigate high-profile and precedent-setting legal matters.

This role will be remote and report into our Regulatory Compliance team.

In this role you'll:

• Work as part of a rotational team on external data reporting to state and federal AV regulators (mainly collision reports)
• Support ad hoc projects to respond to regulator requests for data
• Help develop operational metrics, lead the development of data pipelines, and assemble ad hoc, monthly, quarterly, and annual internal reports
• Analyze metrics to identify trends, gaps, and predictions
• Manage citations Waymo AVs receive

At a minimum we'd like you to have:

• Fanatical attention to detail
• 2+ years of experience in a regulatory compliance position at a safety-focused organization, ideally within transportation
• Demonstrable experience working in an environment with several priorities
• Technical aptitude with ability to quickly utilize proprietary software
• Analytical background with the ability to find data sources, analyze findings, and present facts and trends
• High EQ with personally responsible, team player mentality

It's preferred if you have:

• Experience assembling and submitting regulatory reports to regulators
• Ability to perform both manual, tedious tasks, and to own the conceptualization and operationalization of new processes that improve and/or close gaps in existing flows
• Strong project and program management skills

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Saving Account (HSA), and special wellness programs.

Financial wellness: Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, a generous 401(k) plan, 1-on-1 financial coaching, a 529 College Savings Plan and lots of other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and time off: Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site or hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave.

Supporting families: When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include paid parental leave (birthing parent gets 24 weeks of paid leave with up to 4 weeks of additional leave before their due date, and non-birthing parent gets 18 weeks of paid leave), and 20 days of subsidized backup childcare or adult/elder care.. Access to fertility care or adoption support as you grow your family.

Community and personal development: At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer.

Cool perks: Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, massages, and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more.

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The Simulator team builds state of the art simulations of realistic environments for the testing and training of the Waymo driver. We use machine learning extensively to model the real world, including but not limited to, realistic agents (vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists etc.),  roads, traffic control systems, weather etc. To increase the fidelity and steerability of the simulations, we employ large foundation models, trained on our massive datasets that allow us to quickly setup and rollout various scenarios to subject our driver to.

We are planning to set up a team in London UK to work closely with the teams in MTV and Oxford to build these foundation models out and to integrate them into various evaluation and training products. We are seeking research engineers to work on these exciting problems.

In this research engineering role, you'll:

• Be part of a world class research engineering team to advance the state of the art of ultra realistic AV simulations using foundation models
• Collaborate with teams in Waymo Oxford to use large models to improve sim realism
• Design experiments that push the frontiers of AV simulations
• Develop metrics that measure the realism of simulated worlds
• Train and evaluate large models and integrate them into the simulator and its downstream applications
• Help hire outstanding research engineers from diverse backgrounds
• Be a part of a high performing, collaborative research engineering team that takes research ideas and productionizes them

Preferred qualifications

• Strong background and experience in applied Deep Learning
• Strong coding and design skills
• Experience in solving complex production problems using state of the art ML techniques
• Experience in taking research to production
• Expertise in Data Analysis or Data Science
• Experience in AV a plus

The Simulator team builds state of the art simulations of realistic environments for the testing and training of the Waymo driver. We use machine learning extensively to model the real world, including but not limited to, realistic agents (vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists etc.),  roads, traffic control systems, weather etc. To increase the fidelity and steerability of the simulations, we employ large foundation models, trained on our massive datasets that allow us to quickly setup and rollout various scenarios to subject our driver to.

We are planning to set up a team in London UK to work closely with the teams in MTV and Oxford to build these foundation models out and to integrate them into various evaluation and training products. We are seeking a Tech Lead Manager to build and lead this team.

In this leadership role, you'll:

• Build a world class research engineering team to advance the state of the art of ultra realistic AV simulations using foundation models
• Collaborate with Waymo Oxford to use large models to improve sim realism
• Design experiments that push the frontiers of AV simulations
• Develop metrics that measure the realism of simulated worlds
• Train and evaluate large models and integrate them into the simulator and its downstream applications
• Hire outstanding research engineers from diverse backgrounds
• Build a high performing, collaborative research engineering team that takes research ideas and productionizes them

Preferred qualifications

• Strong background and experience in applied Deep Learning
• Experience in managing research engineering teams
• Strong coding and design skills
• Experience in solving complex production problems using state of the art ML techniques
• Experience in taking research to production
• Expertise in Data Analysis or Data Science
• Team building skills including hiring and mentoring
• Experience in AV a plus

Research Scientist/Software Engineer, Machine Learning

This hybrid, or remote role from London, will report to a Senior Staff Research Scientist. #LI-Hybrid

The mission of the Waymo Applied Research team is to develop machine learning solutions addressing open problems in autonomous driving, towards the goal of the safely operating Waymo vehicles in dozens of cities and under all driving conditions. As part of our work, we also initiate and foster collaborations with other research teams in Alphabet.

In this role you'll:

• Work with a creative team of people who are responsible for ensuring that the behavior of our cars is safe, smooth, and predictable to other road users. This includes gracefully handling many complex situations involving social aspects (merging, negotiating narrow roads, etc), while dealing with noisy, uncertain, and incomplete information.
• Frame the open-ended real-world problems into well-defined ML problems; develop and apply cutting-edge ML approaches (deep learning, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, etc) to these problems; scale them to Google-sized data pipelines; and streamline them to run in real-time on the cars.
• Collaborate with other teams including the ML infrastructure, data science and systems engineering teams, as well as various research teams such as Waymo Research, Google Brain, DeepMind and academia

At a minimum we'd like you to have:

• MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience solving problems using Machine Learning with Tensorflow or equivalent tools.
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams
• Strong experience programming in Python with robust and efficient code

It's preferred if you have:

• Experience programming in C++
• PHD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• Deep knowledge of sampling and estimation, including Monte Carlo and importance sampling
• Experience with Deep Learning Models (e.g. RNN/LSTM, CNN, VAE, GAN, etc.)

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, gym membership, and special wellness programs.

Financial wellness: Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, pension plans with company match, pension redirections, retirement planning, and lots of other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and time off: Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site or hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave.

Supporting families: When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include paid parental leave (birthing parent gets 26 weeks of maternity leave paid at 100% with the option to take up to 52 weeks, and non-birthing parent gets 18 weeks of paid leave), and 20 days of subsidized backup childcare or adult/elder care..

Community and personal development: At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer.

Cool perks: Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, massages, commuter benefits,, and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more.

Our Driver may be autonomous, but Waymo's finances are steered by experts like you. The Finance and Accounting group manages all aspects of our finances and serves as trusted advisors for all our strategic and enterprise endeavors. Along with managing compilation of our financial statements, looking after our cash and overseeing compliance, we partner with the business in overseeing company wide resource allocation, developing the latest compensation initiatives and generating detailed financial analyses to drive the business forward. We also develop advanced capital strategies to support our short- and long-term future.

You will be remote and report into our Accounting Manager.

In this role you'll:

• Manage Waymo's equity plan administration, including award grants, handling liquidity events, and addressing employee queries
• Collaborate with Compensation, Finance, and People teams for equity award modeling and analysis
• Coordinate with Tax team and Shareworks for precise tax calculations and compliance
• Oversee Shareworks system requirements and vendor relations
• Support accounting tasks and presentations, including equity accounting and operational/payroll accounting

At a minimum we'd like you to have:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of relevant equity administration experience
• Experience with Shareworks or a comparable equity management platform (Carta, Certent)
• Experience maintaining strict confidentiality in handling sensitive information

It's preferred if you have:

• Experience driving process improvements and other project management experience
• CPA, CEP (Certified Equity Professional) or working knowledge of US GAAP

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Saving Account (HSA), and special wellness programs.

Financial wellness: Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer a great compensation package, bonus opportunities, equity, a generous 401(k) plan, 1-on-1 financial coaching, a 529 College Savings Plan and lots of other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and time off: Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site or hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave.

Supporting families: When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include paid parental leave (birthing parent gets 24 weeks of paid leave with up to 4 weeks of additional leave before their due date, and non-birthing parent gets 18 weeks of paid leave), and 20 days of subsidized backup childcare or adult/elder care.. Access to fertility care or adoption support as you grow your family.

Community and personal development: At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer.

Cool perks: Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, massages, and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more.

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Waymo's Strategic Sourcing and Purchasing team is a diverse, collaborative, and innovative group responsible for sourcing Waymo's infrastructure needs and indirect services by providing business insight through robust RFPs and an outstanding procure to pay structure. We handle all processes and supplier development strategies: from contracts, RFPs, robust analytics, negotiations, purchasing, and process optimization. We collaborate actively with Waymo's BSE (IT), Marketing, Legal, Finance, Policy, Engineering, G&A, and Product teams as well as external suppliers to make sure Waymo is receiving the best services at the best industry pricing.

This role will be based remotely and report into our Finance organization.

In this role you'll:

• Provide subject matter expertise on categories including construction, operations facilities and the procurement of equipment to meet pressing demand schedules and fulfill needs of our scaling operations.
• Develop multi-year category strategy, build procurement processes with delivery strategies to run processes concurrently to accelerate execution delivery and meet pressing demand schedules.
• Partner with other teams to implement complex category strategies aligned with business/finance goals, address escalations and serve as the supplier relationship champion.
• Lead the end-to-end RFX process, identify and build relationships with strategic suppliers, and maximize value creation.
• Negotiate and draft agreements that minimize financial and business risk exposure, improve terms and conditions, and enforce supplier accountability. Understand and negotiate business specific legal terms and conditions and explain them clearly to clients.
• Analyze data to determine the value of negotiations and the final change in total cost of ownership.

At a minimum we'd like you to have:

• At least 10 years of procurement experience including 7+ years focusing on data centers, physical security, facilities, or construction services spend areas.
• Experience performing make versus buy outsourcing analyses and developing total cost of ownership models.
• Experience influencing others and challenging the status quo within their department and company.
• Experience building relationships with a variety of internal and external business contacts.

It's preferred if you have:

• Bachelor's degree in business management, supply chain or related field; or equivalent education and work experience
• Sourcing skills including: identifying sourcing opportunities, performing spend analysis, development of sourcing strategy, project management, development of RFX documents, contract management, supplier bench-marking, contract compliance, purchase order development, resolution of payment issues.
• Demonstrated track record for being able to quickly deliver measurable savings in a fast-changing organization.
• Internal or external business consulting experience.

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Saving Account (HSA), and special wellness programs.

Financial wellness: Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, a generous 401(k) plan, 1-on-1 financial coaching, a 529 College Savings Plan and lots of other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and time off: Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site or hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave.

Supporting families: When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include paid parental leave (birthing parent gets 24 weeks of paid leave with up to 4 weeks of additional leave before their due date, and non-birthing parent gets 18 weeks of paid leave), and 20 days of subsidized backup childcare or adult/elder care.. Access to fertility care or adoption support as you grow your family.

Community and personal development: At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer.

Cool perks: Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, massages, and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more.

#LI-Remote

As part of Waymo's Legal team, you will work on the exciting legal issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help drive our business lines forward from technology ideation through scaled commercial deployment. We partner with our public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to define transportation policy for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on regulatory changes that support and protect our users around the world. We collaborate with our engineering, product, strategy and operations teams to develop and protect our intellectual property portfolio and drive our corporate and commercial transactions. We ensure compliance with an increasingly complex and dynamic range of global regulations. And we anticipate, mitigate, and litigate high-profile and precedent-setting legal matters.

This role will be based remotely and report into Managing Counsel, Product & Regulatory.

In this role you'll:

• Develop vision, strategy, and implementation for complying with a range of regulations - this includes interpreting legacy legal and regulatory frameworks that didn't contemplate our novel technology and advising on new laws and regulations developed with AVs and related emerging technology in mind.
• Advise on matters at the local, state, and federal level, with an emphasis on areas of greatest need (e.g. land use and zoning for our sites; airport operations; new operational territories; legislative review and drafting of proposed legislation and regulations; advising our Policy team as they engage with policymakers).
• Engage in planning efforts to ensure that regulatory compliance and strategy are properly incorporated into the project roadmap.
• Respond to novel questions of law on various topics, including issues that may be new to you and/or the company.
• Provide counsel on proposed legislation and regulations and in negotiations among partners. Collaborate with our Policy team on advocacy strategies for engaging with regulators and policymakers, particularly at the local level.

At a minimum we'd like you to have:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership
• 3 to 5+ years of experience as an attorney at a firm, in-house at a company, or in government.
• Experience with regulatory and legislative matters (e.g. engaging in rulemaking processes, advising on legislative bill text, building regulatory compliance programs for a rapidly scaling company with a range of partners).
• Experience generating nuanced and advice for novel or ambiguous legal issues.
• Experience digging into nuances of the law, while at the same time understanding the bigger picture of the legal, policy, and business landscapes.
• Desire to learn how our complex technology works and apply that knowledge in your legal interpretations and advice.

It's preferred if you have:

• Experience advising on city/local level regulatory or legislative matters (e.g. land use, airports, or other local issues).
• Experience working on emerging technology issues, bonus for experience with technology that impacts cities, mobility, or safety.

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This is a remote role.

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Saving Account (HSA), and special wellness programs.

Financial wellness: Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, a generous 401(k) plan, 1-on-1 financial coaching, a 529 College Savings Plan and lots of other perks and employee discounts.

Flexibility and time off: Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site or hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave.

Supporting families: When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include paid parental leave (birthing parent gets 24 weeks of paid leave with up to 4 weeks of additional leave before their due date, and non-birthing parent gets 18 weeks of paid leave), and 20 days of subsidized backup childcare or adult/elder care.. Access to fertility care or adoption support as you grow your family.

Community and personal development: At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer.

Cool perks: Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, massages, and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more.