Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Evaluation

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Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Evaluation Mountain View, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States. 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's simulator is one of the most complex virtual environments ever built. It blends deterministic logic, physical dynamics, and state-of-the-art Generative AI to create a training ground for the Waymo Driver. The Simulator Evaluation team faces the ultimate data challenge: How do you mathematically prove that a virtual world is "real"? We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to act as the Technical Architect for this domain. You will work at the intersection of software engineering and AI, ensuring that our simulated worlds-whether driven by explicit rules or foundation models-provide a trustworthy representation of reality. In this Staff-level role, you will report to a Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager and act as a Technical Lead, bridging the gap between deep technical metrics and

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