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Director of Engineering, London

London (UK-LON-40BR)💼 Full-time💰 $230,000–$230,000🗓 2026-06-18 → 2026-07-31

Core

Leading the London Sim Realism team to build state-of-the-art simulations for evaluating, training, and scaling the Waymo Driver autonomous vehicle system.

Role type

Director of Engineering, Sim Realism

Builds

Generative foundation models (Waymo World Model) and realistic simulation environments for autonomous driving

Domain

Autonomous driving, robotics, generative AI, simulation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning, generative foundation models, complex simulation environments, large engineering organization leadership, cross-functional project management, senior team mentorship

Preferred skills

Autonomous vehicle technology, robotics, complex embodied AI systems, executive communication, strategic roadmap translation

Technologies

Large language models, foundational world models, generative AI, reconstructive AI, traditional rendering techniques, camera, lidar, radars

Responsibilities

Define technical roadmap for London Sim Realism team, direct research and engineering of generative models for sensor-level and semantic-level simulation, recruit and manage top-tier engineering organization, act as executive conduit between Waymo Foundation Model initiatives and Google DeepMind UK teams, partner with Real Estate & Workplace Services on site strategy

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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