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Hardware Engineer, LIDAR Performance Validation

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 Experi

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Company

Waymo

Location

Mountain View, CA, USA

Status

Open

Posted

2026-04-15T12:46:36+00:00

Waymo seeks a hardware engineer to validate LiDAR performance for its autonomous driving sensors. The role sits in Hardware Engineering, reports to the LiDAR performance lead, and follows a hybrid schedule with at least three fixed office days in Mountain View. Work spans bench characterization, physics-based models, validation plans, calibration, field measurements, and data-quality triage with perception and systems engineers. The posting asks for a master's plus five years or a PhD in electrical engineering, physics, or applied physics, with depth-sensing, opto-electro-mechanical prototyping, modeling, and Python or C++ analysis experience.