Systems Engineer - Electrical Power Systems
Waymo - Mountain View, CA
posted 4 days ago
About the position
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states. Our Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways. We set the standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe, then design and perform the tests that validate that performance. We're looking for collaborative teammates who'll help us maintain our focus on teamwork and are passionate about advancing their career. In this hybrid role, you will report to a Systems Engineering Manager.
Responsibilities
- Write requirements for our OEM partners to set up Low voltage systems and body control systems and interfaces.
- Work with the OEMs and Functional Systems Engineers to define the Low voltage systems and body control systems including communications network and architecture design together with functional safety requirements.
- Write detailed requirements for Waymo embedded software adjacencies to implement Low Voltage systems and body control systems including all interfaces to the vehicle platform and SDS.
- Focus on power electronics systems engineering for our vehicle platforms, encompassing requirement setting with OEM partners and internal teams, power system architecture development with the OEM, and verification and validation against program milestones.
- Help create Verification and Validation (V&V) plans, analyze test results for Low Voltage systems and body controls and platform communications across various platforms and prototype phases.
- Plan and execute tests, analyze test data, analyze field issues, and understand and resolve defects leveraging the operations team where possible.
- Work with embedded software teams during implementation to ensure requirements will be met.
- Write design documents for new architecture/implementation, review with software teams and incorporate updates as needed.
- Manage delivery timing of feature sets and updates to vehicle prototype fleet software and troubleshoot issues to achieve the required capability set for each vehicle.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with electrical power systems, design for fault tolerance in safety critical systems.
- Ability to create & negotiate targets & requirements with OEMs and create and execute effective DVPs.
- Appreciation of Low Voltage systems and body controls systems in safety critical systems and the importance of fail-safe vs. fail tolerant.
- Understanding of the automotive development process and phases (e.g. M1, VB, TT etc.) is a bonus.
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Physics or similar.
- At least 3 years experience in an automotive (or similar industry) communication networks, Infotainment systems, body controls and software role delivering hardware or software.
- Working knowledge of vehicle communication network systems (CAN, Flex-Ray, LIN, Ethernet), Infotainment systems, and body control systems such as doors, interior/exterior lighting, windows, seats, switch-gear.
- Experience in fail-safe and fail-tolerant system design.
- Experience mapping out design and requirements for complex vehicles, to ensure gaps and flow-downs are covered.
- Prioritize on root-cause analysis for solving problems.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
