Hiring: Staff Systems Test Engineer, Scenario Quality and Maintenance Systems Company: Waymo Location: Mountain View, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 17:59:48 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: Test Engineering, QA Engineering, Software Development in Test, Site Reliability Engineering, Technical Operations, Python, C++, SQL, Test Automation, Quality Control, Statistical Sampling, Risk-Based Auditing, Automated Validation, Meta-Quality Assurance, Dashboards, Scenario Test Database, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, AQL Sampling, Statistical Process Control, Lean, Six Sigma Experience: - 8+ years of experience in Test Engineering, QA Engineering, Software Development in Test, Site Reliability Engineering, Technical Operations or other equivalent experience - Experience architecting testing programs at scale - Experience leading / driving test automation strategies - Ability to thrive in a high ambiguity, dynamic environment Required Skills: - Excellent debugging and Python/C++ coding skills - Proficiency in SQL or other data analysis tools - Design scalable quality architecture, moving the organization towards scalable QC methodologies for test creation (e.g., statistical sampling, risk-based auditing, and automated validation) - Manage meta-quality assurance by developing and managing a meta-quality framework, building dashboards, and identifying opportunities to improve first-time accuracy and reduce rework rates - Maintain test health by driving increased automation in detection and resolution of test health issues in a vast scenario test database to keep quality/test uptime high - Create the playbook for making maintenance adjustments at scale by leveraging tooling automation strategically while partnering with SMEs to develop standards and guidelines Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or other relevant technical field - Experience with software development for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or similar (preferred) - Familiarity with AQL (Acceptable Quality Limit) sampling or other statistical process control methodologies (preferred) - Experience with Lean / Six Sigma process improvement methodologies (preferred) Compensation: - The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed in the original posting Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!