Product Quality Engineer

The Hardware Engineering team at Waymo is seeking a Product Quality Engineer to champion quality within the product development team and facilitate the use of design methodologies to ensure products are functional, of high quality, reliable, and meet product specifications.

About the Role

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Product Quality Engineering Manager. You will be responsible for defining and implementing quality standards, establishing and enforcing quality specifications for product development, materials, and manufacturing processes. You will also develop and implement quality plans for new and existing projects, adhering to APQP and PPAP methodologies. You will innovate as needed to maintain robust quality for new products, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive quality and reliability for advanced semiconductor components and their interaction within the compute module.

Responsibilities

• Champion the quality within the product development team and facilitate the use of design methodologies to ensure products are functional, of high quality, reliable, and meet product specifications.
• Ensure that the product design process, including activities like DFMEA, design reviews, DFM (Design for Manufacturing), and DFx, meets quality standards and results in a high-quality product.
• Define and Implement quality Standards, establish and enforce quality specifications for product development, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Develop and implement quality plans for new and existing projects, adhering to APQP and PPAP methodologies.
• Innovate as needed to maintain robust quality for new products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and other teams during product development to develop detailed quality plans, address quality issues, implement corrective actions, conduct process audits and product inspections to verify compliance with internal and external quality standards and requirements and improve product quality.
• Drive quality and reliability for advanced semiconductor components (SoCs, GPUs, AI accelerators, high-speed memory) and their interaction within the compute module.
• Partner with firmware and system software teams to ensure hardware/software interface quality, including robust boot sequences, error detection/correction mechanisms, and on-board diagnostics specific to the compute subsystem's health and integrity.
• Develop and implement comprehensive quality plans and test strategies to validate the compute module's functional performance, power and thermal management, and high-speed data interfaces under worst-case operational and environmental stress conditions.
• Analyze data from early development tests, reliability tests, production and field data to identify issues and report to drive improvements and incorporate any lessons learned into the Compute PDP.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in product development in quality/design engineering in the automotive/electronic industry in ECU/Compute modules
• Strong experience in automotive product development & quality management
• Proficiency in core quality tools and methodologies: APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA (Measurement System Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), DOE and 8D problem-solving
• Experience with data analysis, statistical tools, and quality control systems
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills

Preferred

• Master's degree in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to leverage data forensics for resolving complex manufacturing assembly quality issues
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: New Product Introduction, Design Engineering, or Manufacturing Operations in consumer electronics
• Strong understanding of electronic assembly processes
• Solid grasp of statistical analysis and production control processes
• Proficient in data analysis and interpretation
• Experience collaborating with international contract manufacturers in mass production, including travel to manufacturing sites
• Highly motivated self-starter with innovative thinking, integrity, and meticulous attention to detail

Benefits

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. 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.