Vehicle Electrical Distribution 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.

Hardware Engineering is a diverse, innovative, and collaborative group of electrical, mechanical, reliability, software and vehicle engineers. We design, build, and perfect the products which are the eyes and ears of Waymo's autonomous driving technology, and integrate those products into vehicle platforms. We're seeking curious and talented teammates to keep us moving in the right direction.

The Vehicle Engineering team integrates the self-driving system into vehicle platforms by modifying or creating new hardware including structures, trim panels, wiring and cooling systems. Working cross-functionally with many groups including attribute leads, industrial design, manufacturing, supply chain and OEM's, the team defines and engineers the best package to meet the vehicle specifications.

This hybrid role will report to a Vehicle Engineering Leader.

You will:

• Developing custom vehicle harness' for future Waymo vehicles
• • Create 3D routing within evolving vehicle architecture, CatiaV5/ V6 electrical workbench
• Create 2D layout/ harness drawings using Mentor Graphics Capital suite
• Participation in peer reviews for 2D / 3D designs in accordance with Waymo guidelines and best practices
• Select appropriate harness components including terminals, connectors, wire types and sizes, harness coverings
• Working with Tier one harness suppliers to quote, DFM and manufacture harnesses for volume production
• Negotiation of routing and attachment locations in the evolving vehicle environment
• Interacting with Waymo partner OEMs to co-develop/ inform their vehicle wiring architecture.
• Troubleshooting and repair guidance

You have:

• Evidence of landing multiple wiring projects on several vehicle platforms, having gone through vehicle launches, troubleshooting, drawing updates.
• Catia electrical workbench, modeling 3D harness in a vehicle environment
• Past experience with 'Wiring Engineering', for example, calculating wire size, determining voltage drops,
• Participated in wiring DFMEAs, DVP creation and execution

We prefer:

• Electrical wiring component library experience
• Capital Logic tool-set experience for schematic development
• Troubleshooting / Warranty experience
• Harness manufacturing and repair experience

Travel Requirements:

• Travel to Vehicle team in Novi MI, possibly once per quarter
• Travel to vendors and OEM partners likely once per 4-6 weeks. Some domestic, some overseas

The 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

$196,000—$248,000 USD