About the job
About Waymo
Waymo began as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009 and has since become a leader in autonomous driving technology. The company’s mission centers on developing the Waymo Driver, technology designed to improve mobility and reduce traffic-related fatalities. Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hailing service operates across multiple vehicle platforms and use cases. To date, Waymo vehicles have provided over ten million autonomous rides and logged more than 100 million miles on public roads in 15+ U. S. states.
Team Overview: Software Quality Operations (SWQOps)
The Software Quality Operations team ensures the safety, reliability, and quality of the Waymo Driver. This group builds and refines an adaptable operational framework, increasingly supported by AI, to deliver the insights needed for Waymo’s growth and service improvements.
Why SWQOps Matters at Waymo
Waymo is expanding into about 20 new cities by the end of 2026. As the company grows, SWQOps plays a central role in supporting safe and efficient scaling. The Scenario Operations team within SWQOps manages simulation-based testing coverage, which is essential for evaluating the safety and performance of the Waymo Driver as operations expand.
- De-risking New Deployments: The team analyzes both real and simulated driving events, identifies issues, and monitors field operations. This proactive approach delivers early warnings and insights, supporting operational resilience and safety as Waymo enters new cities and enhances platforms such as Ojai.
- Supporting Engineering Progress: SWQOps handles performance evaluations, in-depth issue analysis, and data set management. This allows Engineering, Systems Engineering, Simulation, and Data Science teams to focus on advancing the Waymo Driver.
- Enabling Market Expansion: SWQOps contributes to every stage of Waymo’s market entry process, from initial city assessments to scaling operations. The team provides data analysis, policy development, and quality assurance to help clear critical milestones for successful launches.
