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Technical Lead Manager, Planner Tech

Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)💼 Full-time💰 $238,000–$238,000🗓 2026-06-17 → 2026-07-31

Core

Provide technical leadership for onboard motion planning systems to improve low-speed maneuvering performance and solve long-tail driving situations for Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hail service.

Role type

Senior Staff Engineer / Technical Lead Manager (Autonomous Driving Motion Planning)

Builds

Onboard motion planning systems and foundational frameworks for the Waymo Driver

Domain

Autonomous driving, robotics, deep learning

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C++ programming, motion planning, low-speed maneuvering optimization, log analysis, root cause investigation, team mentorship, complex system architecture

Preferred skills

AV or Robotics experience, Machine Learning in production, graph search algorithms, path planning algorithms, Python, SQL

Technologies

C++, Python, SQL

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for onboard motion planning systems, improve evaluation capabilities for on-road performance, mentor junior engineers, investigate driving behavior issues from logs, develop foundational frameworks, solve challenging long-tail driving situations

Seniority

Senior Staff Engineer, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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