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System Safety Engineer - Onboard SW Safety

Kirkland (US-KIR-6THD)💼 Full-time💰 $204,000–$204,000🗓 2026-07-09 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead cross-functional efforts to perform safety analyses, identify hazards, assess risks, and support verification strategies for Waymo's autonomous driving software.

Role type

Senior System Safety Engineer (Onboard SW Safety)

Builds

Safety strategies, requirements, and mitigations for Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hail service and vehicle platforms.

Domain

Autonomous driving software, System Safety, Risk Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

System Safety engineering, inductive/deductive safety analyses, Systems Engineering principles, risk management, software unit testing, algorithmic analysis in C/C++/Python

Preferred skills

SAE L3+ Perception and Behavior/Planner software safety analysis, Master's or PhD in relevant engineering fields

Technologies

C, C++, Python

Responsibilities

Lead safety analyses and hazard identification, participate in software and product design reviews, provide guidance on safety standards and regulations, evaluate risk control strategies, define and improve System Safety processes, integrate System Safety Methodology with other safety frameworks

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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