Software Quality Operations Specialist, Safety Evaluation
Core
Ensuring the safety, reliability, and quality of the Waymo Driver autonomous vehicle system through scalable operations powered by AI and ML.
Role type
Senior Software Quality Operations Specialist (Safety Evaluation)
Builds
A single, automated, end-to-end machine learning flywheel for the Waymo Driver to enable faster ODD expansion and quicker remediation of driving issues.
Domain
Autonomous driving / Machine Learning / Safety Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning lifecycle management, driving rules and regulations, kinematic principles, data preparation, model validation, issue triage, SOP development, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
AV safety performance assessment, offshore team management, LLM/transformer models, robotics ML, SQL querying, statistical metrics for performance evaluation
Technologies
Generative AI, ML models, proprietary tools, SQL, PLX
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership to enhance workflows and quality; act as subject matter expert for Software Quality Operations; design and implement quality control processes for human and AI outputs; partner with Engineering to deploy ML/Gen-AI models; leverage AI insights to identify emerging risk scenarios; scale workflow from 16/5 to 24/7.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC