Job brief: Design Studio Process Manager

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• Listed on Waymo's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-04.
• The apply link opens careers.withwaymo.com, the address Waymo's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $190,000 to $234,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Mountain View, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF690)
• Posted: 2026-08-20 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• 10+ years of industrial engineering, operations excellence, process improvement, manufacturing engineering, or related disciplines as they relate to automotive throughput
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
• Degree in Industrial Engineering, System Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field

Conditions

• This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Head of Project Delivery.
• Continuously improve physical infrastructure design standards by applying Lean principles, industrial engineering methodologies, operational modeling, and real-world performance d…
• Up to 25% travel time

Main duties

• Analyze end-to-end operational workflows to identify bottlenecks, unnecessary motion and capacity constraints, and ultimately translating these findings into…
• Partner with Architectural, Engineering, Product, Operations, Robotics, and Ops Excellence teams to develop and validate autonomous infrastructure concepts, …
• Continuously improve physical infrastructure design standards by applying Lean principles, industrial engineering methodologies, operational modeling, and re…
• Evaluate facility concepts through simulations, pilots, and real-world testing to validate design assumptions, improve efficiency, and drive continuous impro…
• Influence infrastructure planning by developing operational analyses, performance metrics, and scalability recommendations that support facility programming …

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Across Waymo's 317 open listings, 51% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Waymo hires

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