WaymoLead Development Technician
Waymo is hiring a Lead Development Technician in Mountain View, United States. It pays $51-$63/hr and Level rates it ; you can apply on Waymo.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Diagnostic Tools, automotive diagnostics and can bus.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 371 other open roles at Waymo.
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Lead technical operations, training, and prototype builds to support the deployment and development of the Waymo Driver.
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
Waymo Operations exists to deliver the Waymo Driver to the world. We are a global team building and scaling the world's first and leading autonomous fleet and operations platform. From component sourcing to end customer management, we enable and create value for Waymo through scaled and orchestrated deployment of the Waymo Driver. At Waymo, we are dedicated to building a culture that promotes collaboration and celebration. We value our team members' unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and support and encourage all team members to share their ideas to help Waymo better serve the communities in which we operate.
You will:
- Enable the experts: Equip specialist diagnostic technicians with knowledge and resources
- Evolve the workshop: Facilitate technical change management in the workshops by planning and deploying new technologies, methodologies, and resources
- Unlock service capabilities: Develop service methods, tools, and technical resources such as theory of operations
- Grow workshop competencies: Contribute to advanced technical training curriculums
- Advance Waymo Driver development: Enable engineering testing and development with consultation and hands on support
- Craft next gen technology: Execute prototype builds and exploratory vehicle modifications
You have:
- 5+ years experience in an advanced automotive technician or automotive engineering role
- Mastery of automotive diagnostic strategies and tools covering mechanical, electrical, and networking (e.g. CAN)
- Demonstrated experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring timely delivery and quality outcomes
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, external partners, and executives
- Analytical skills to identify developmental opportunities and communicate them effectively
- Experience servicing electric or hybrid vehicles (high voltage qualification preferred)
We prefer:
- Experience building or servicing autonomous vehicles or technology
- Experience designing, improving, and deploying operational processes using change management best practices
- Experience administering technical training
- Experience with technical writing and technical documentation
- Experience viewing or creating 2D or 3D CAD models
- Fabrication experience (cutting, welding, mill, lathe)
Travel:
- Ability to travel domestically or internationally on short notice up to 20% of the time
How we rate this
Lead Development Technician at Waymo rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Walk me through how you've used Diagnostic Tools in your day-to-day work.
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