Systems Modeling & Optimization Engineer

Job Summary

The Hardware Engineering team at Waymo is seeking a skilled Systems Engineer to join our innovative and collaborative group. This role involves building unified modeling and simulation tools for vehicle energy consumption and fleet-level Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Responsibilities

• Build physics-based simulation models of energy consumption across all vehicle operating modes and environmental conditions.
• Develop a city-level fleet simulator to evaluate interactions across operations models, fleet orchestration, vehicle platform architecture and infrastructure.
• Use these simulation tools to inform critical vehicle/system architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with Software, Product, Data Science, and Operations teams, using these models to inform production fleet orchestration software and operations/infrastructure roadmaps.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience in systems modeling and data science.
• Experience using Python/Matlab/similar programming language to build physics-based models and simulations.
• Experience in data analytics and data-based modeling.
• Strong fundamental education/training in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related engineering field.
• Experience leading and delivering cross-functional workstreams/projects.
• Experience communicating complex technical analyses effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with applying machine learning models in real world applications.
• Experience using agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity etc.
• Experience in physics-based modeling/simulation of electric vehicle powertrains or other electrical + mechanical + thermal domains.
• Experience applying Operations Research or other optimization approaches to real-world problems.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamental education/training in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related engineering field.
• 5+ years of work experience in systems modeling and data science.
• Experience using Python/Matlab/similar programming language to build physics-based models and simulations.
• Experience in data analytics and data-based modeling.
• Experience leading and delivering cross-functional workstreams/projects.
• Experience communicating complex technical analyses effectively.

Benefits

The Hardware Engineering team at Waymo offers a competitive compensation package, including a salary range of $196,000—$242,000 USD across US locations, with actual starting pay based on job-related factors. 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.