We are building a team of engineers dedicated to further developing our in-car experience (ICX). Projects span the complete in-cabin software stack, including rider-facing interfaces (Pick Ups and Drop Offs, 3D perception visualization, passenger infotainment), platform application infrastructure, and embedded vehicle bring-up. Our team works on the foundational software and user experiences used by passengers to hail and interact with our autonomous vehicles, solving novel human-computer interaction, systems reliability, and real-time distributed systems problems in the AV space.

In this hybrid role, you will report to an Engineering Director.

You will:

• Define and drive the overarching, multi-year technical vision and architecture across the entire in-car experience, bridging low-level vehicle/hardware bring-up, Android OS platform services, and rider-facing applications.

• Serve as the principal technical lead across multiple engineering teams (ICX, App Platform Infra, and UXC Bring-up), setting architectural direction and steering the integration of high-impact features such as real-time 3D perception views, passenger controls, and third-party app ecosystems.

• Lead from the front as a hands-on technical authority, actively conducting system design reviews, diagnosing complex low-level bottlenecks (e.g., AOSP/OS stability, graphics rendering performance, IPC latency), and establishing rigorous standards for code health and reliability.

• Champion Waymo's DevAI initiative within in-car engineering by driving the adoption of AI-native developer tooling, agentic workflows, and automated evaluation systems to radically improve team velocity and software quality.

• Partner cross-functionally with Product, UX, Systems Engineering, and Hardware teams to align technical trade-offs with product vision and translate complex requirements into clear, actionable technical roadmaps.

• Act as an organizational force multiplier by mentoring senior engineers and tech leads, fostering technical excellence, and driving consensus across complex, multi-system initiatives.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of setting strategic technical direction and delivering complex, large-scale systems as a senior technical lead (L6/L7 equivalent).

• Deep technical expertise spanning Android/AOSP platform development (system services, HAL, IPC/Binder, C++ native layers), with proven experience building core OS and framework capabilities beyond standard application-layer development.

• Extensive experience with modern client architecture, systems programming, and modern UI frameworks (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), as well as complementary distributed backend systems.

• Strong system design expertise with a demonstrated ability to decouple monolithic architectures, design reusable platform infrastructure, and optimize for resource-constrained onboard hardware environments.

• Demonstrated leadership in developer productivity and AI-native workflows, with practical experience integrating DevAI tools, LLMs, or agentic systems to accelerate software development lifecycles.

We prefer:

• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience with automotive software environments, Android Automotive OS (AAOS), or vehicle hardware integration.

• Proven track record designing and maintaining extensible application frameworks and SDKs for third-party developer ecosystems.

• Experience with hardware-accelerated graphics pipelines (OpenGL ES, Vulkan), display composers, or real-time 3D rendering.

• Experience operating in safety-critical, high-reliability, or low-latency systems.