Senior Signal and Power Integrity Engineer

About the role

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 an 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. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Hardware Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities

• Lead all stages of project planning and development by owning SIPI (Signal Integrity/Power Integrity) for products and sub-systems
• Establish comprehensive SIPI guidelines and stack-up specifications through feasibility studies; collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve SIPI challenges
• Audit layout routing and component placement for all interfaces to maximize SIPI performance
• Perform SIPI simulation for PCB, connectors, cabling and sign-off designs
• Measure and correlate with simulation models, enhancing model accuracy
• Research and integrate advanced SI/PI technologies to improve simulation efficiency, consistency, and precision

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years relevant working experience
• Ability to perform system level SIPI design, modeling and optimization with simulation software such as HFSS, SIwave, PowerSI, ADS, HSPICE
• Familiarity with lab equipment such as oscilloscope, VNA, and TDR
• Demonstrated experience with simulation-to-measurement correlation
• Hands-on capability in lab environments to debug and resolve SI/PI-related issues
• Excellent communication skills with experience collaborating with internal and external teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or relevant field with 1+ years industry experience
• Familiarity in one or more of the following areas: SERDES, SoC Power Integrity (PI) with VR modeling, or LPDDRx interfaces
• Experience in root-cause analysis and debugging of real-world SI/PI hardware issues
• Streamlined SI/PI workflows through custom tool automation and scripting (Python/Tcl)
• Familiar with automotive-grade interfaces such as xGBase-T1, CAN/CAN-FD, LVDS, GMSL
• Experience with DoE simulation for high-volume production intended designs

Pay

Salary Range: $196,000—$242,000 USD

Benefits

Waymo employees are eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.