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Senior Software Engineer, Simulation, Vehicle & Autonomous Driving Realism

Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)Full-time$204k2026-06-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building tools and techniques to improve driving realism in simulation environments for testing and training the Waymo Driver.

Role type

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Simulation & Autonomous Driving)

Builds

Realistic simulation environments for self-driving vehicle testing and training

Domain

Autonomous driving, simulation, vehicle dynamics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C++, backend development, SQL, production monitoring, database management, workflow design

Preferred skills

distributed heterogeneous execution environments, systems programming, ML agent development

Technologies

C++, SQL, databases, simulation frameworks

Responsibilities

Scale simulation to enable critical milestones, support development and testing of mapping data, monitor simulator performance and reliability, design long-term architecture for internal customers

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with architectural leadership