Safety Documentation - Regulatory Permits

Brief Overview

The Waymo Safety Team is seeking a Regulatory Compliance Specialist to join our dynamic and innovative team. This role will focus on managing safety documentation, cross-functional coordination, market prioritization, content consolidation, and ad-hoc evidence generation.

Responsibilities

• Tailor, specialize, and draft safety documentation required for bespoke regulatory submissions and permits across both domestic and international markets.
• Act as a critical coordinator between legal, product, and engineering teams, ensuring that specific, ad hoc requests for evidence from regulatory agencies are generated and delivered effectively.
• Manage multiple international and domestic markets simultaneously, effectively navigating ambiguity to prioritize conflicting demands from various regulatory bodies.
• Synthesize complex technical information and consolidate Waymo's internal stances to ensure a unified voice in all external safety documentation, aligning with the overarching Safety Case.
• Partner with subject matter experts in engineering to translate bespoke agency requests into actionable technical documentation tasks, ensuring evidence meets the required regulatory rigor.
• Develop tracking systems and operationalize documentation management processes to improve Waymo’s efficiency and maturity in handling diverse compliance and permit requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in regulatory compliance, technical safety documentation, or permit management within a highly technical or safety-critical industry.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in research and development of engineering safety practices (any field, but transportation preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity in prioritization and successfully coordinate across multiple international markets simultaneously.
• Prior proven track record of strong collaboration with legal, product, and engineering teams to generate bespoke technical evidence for external agencies.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to distill complex engineering concepts into clear, compliant documentation suitable for regulators.
• Experience drafting, contributing to, or maintaining official safety-related documentation (e.g., Safety Cases, homologation files, or type approval submissions).
• Exceptional project management skills to track ad hoc requests, oversee documentation workflows, and meet strict regulatory deadlines.

Preferred

• Direct experience with Automated Driving Systems (ADS) regulations and permit processes.
• Familiarity with international automotive type approval and homologation requirements (e.g., UNECE regulations).
• Prior experience validating and structuring documentation for Safety Management Systems (SMS).
• Familiarity with Waymo’s approach to safety and its overall safety case.

Travel

Travel is required for team onsites as well as for potential project-based activities or key regulatory meetings.