Hardware Reliability Engineer

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.

This role will report to a Manager of Hardware Reliability Engineering. 

You will:

• Lead the reliability program for a Waymo hardware product area (e.g. LiDAR) across its full lifecycle from early development and prototyping, through EVT - DVT - PVT - production ramp and field deployment
• Define and improve reliability processes, including risk analyses (DFMEA, FTA), design verification, test and failure analysis, and cross-functional optimizations
• Work closely with US-based and international CMs, ODMs and Tier-1s to develop reliability test and validation programs that meet Waymo’s standards of reliability
• Develop, communicate, and maintain long-term reliability roadmaps and strategies for your product area. Work collaboratively with TPMs  to build reliability schedules and take responsibility for all deliverables while updating senior engineering leadership
• Provide technical evaluations and strategic recommendations on designs, processes, materials and vendor selection to teams within the Waymo Engineering, and navigate complex vendor relationships
• Manage program-level risks related to complex, multi-dimensional reliability issues and play a key role in mitigate those risks

You have:

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics
• 10 years of experience in end to end management of reliability programs for complex electromechanical systems
• Experience in delivering on the reliability of 1-2 generations of products, from concept & prototyping, to production ramp and field deployment. 
• Experience in managing the DFMEA or other risk analysis process across a product line. 
• Extensive experience developing comprehensive reliability test plans, resolving complex failure analyses, and leading root-cause resolution across functions.
• Strong technical background in the mechanics of materials and physics of failure for electronics and sensors.

We prefer:

• PhD Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics