Senior Staff UX Designer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATESFULL-TIMEPRODUCT3999Waymo 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.Design at Waymo is about the total experience—not just how the product looks, but how it works, how it feels, and how we make our new technology accessible, approachable, and useful for everyone. We design the intuitive, delightful experience for our riders, and we also build the powerful, complex tools used by our fleet operations teams and the engineers who build the Waymo Driver. We are a highly multidisciplinary team of UX Designers, User and Market Researchers, UX Engineers, Content Designers, Industrial Designers, CAD Designers, Studio Engineers, and Technical Artists. We dig deep to understand the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of all our users. This understanding serves as the foundation for everything we create.This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports and you will report to a Manager of UX Design.You will:Lead the design strategy and execution for complex, ambiguous product areas, driving alignment from early concept through to launchTake ownership of large-scale product domains, identifying new opportunities and driving high-impact improvements that ladder up to user needs and business goalsElevate the entire team's work by championing design excellence, providing high-impact critique, and actively mentoring other designersAct as a strategic partner to leaders across product, engineering, and research, driving alignment, navigating ambiguity, and influencing key decisionsArticulate and champion the "why" behind complex design decisions and long-term strategy to senior leadership and executive stakeholdersDefine and drive product strategy, owning key decisions that shape the multi-year roadmap and vision for your product areaYou have:7-15 years of relevant product design experience, with a clear track record of leading complex, ambiguous, and high-impact projectsProven mastery across the core design stack, with deep expertise in interaction design, visual design, and system-level thinkingA track record of owning the full design lifecycle for large-scale, ambiguous 0->1 or 1->N products, skillfully managing trade-offsDemonstrated success leading and collaborating closely with cross-functional partners and senior leadershipAbility to clearly and persuasively articulate design rationale, using user research and structured thinking to guide decisionsA strong portfolio demonstrating shipment of high-impact, product platforms and features from concept to launchWe prefer:A genuine passion for emerging AI tools (like Google AI Studio, Figma Make, and other AI platforms) and their practical application within the product design processThe expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.Salary Range$268,000—$340,000 USD