The Core Platform team is responsible for software and infrastructure on several components of the Waymo self-driving system. The team's scope covers everything from low-level system software to high-bandwidth data logging, IPC (low-latency and high-throughput), performance analysis, full-system debugging, system telemetry, and reliability. We work closely with the Hardware, Compute, Sensor, Perception, Behavior and Machine Learning teams to build the most performant and low-latency self-driving solution in the industry.
This positions reports to the Tech Lead Manager.
You will:
- Work on a small team of Software Engineers to develop system software components from early prototyping to production launch of autonomous vehicles
- Improve the efficiency, reliability, and trustworthiness of onboard software infrastructure
- Collaborate with a variety of engineering teams to take on complex problems
You have:
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science, or relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience
- Proficiency in C++
- 5+ years of relevant work experience
- Familiarity with operating systems concepts on Linux: networking, filesystems, performance troubleshooting, device I/O, and concurrency
- Experience developing applications for Linux-based embedded devices
We prefer:
- Knowledge of GPUs, ML accelerators, power management, high-performance networking or performance optimization
- Familiarity with robotics concepts: inter-process messaging, logging, reproducibility, diagnostics, and fail-safe designs
- Experience driving change in existing, complex systems and codebases
- Proficiency in Python