Safety Case Research - Product Development Lead

Job Summary

The Safety Best Practices team at Waymo is seeking a candidate to drive the integration of safety case claims related to design and development processes, revise and support new content within the safety case, and collaborate with the current safety case drafting team to ensure consistency in processes and content.

Responsibilities

• Revise and support new content within the safety case, as informed by international regulatory compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with the current safety case drafting team to ensure consistency in processes and content included in the safety case, as well as parity of rigor and maturity.
• Ensure that management of change practices and other safety case policies continue to be upheld, and evaluate change impact across Waymo’s expanding Operational Design Domain, and across vehicle platforms.
• Support the expansion of the safety case to multi-platform architectures.
• Develop far-reaching strategies and related communications for operational excellence and scalability, specifically within the Safety Management System (SMS) and policy domain.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders/regulators regarding safety processes and standards.
• Contribute to the research agenda on critical safety topics and contribute to overall best practices for the Safety Management and Best Practices team.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years software release management first-hand experience, inclusive of software development best practices, software quality assurance reviews, and updates management.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex external regulations, standards, or nascent industry best practices into actionable, robust internal policies and procedures.
• Proven experience conducting change impact analysis and evaluating the effects of system or process changes across multiple platforms or operational domains.
• Experience in drafting, contributing to, or maintaining official safety-related documentation, such as a Safety Case, for regulatory submissions.
• PREFERRED: Experience with safety-critical software.
• PREFERRED: Experience in the certification of safety-critical software and/or hardware.
• PREFERRED: A track-record of engagement in scientific research.

Qualifications

• Ability to travel as required for team on-sites and project-based activities such as audits (internal or external).

Benefits

The Safety Best Practices team at Waymo offers competitive compensation, including a salary range of $241,000—$297,000 USD, a discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.