Job brief: Group Product Manager, Depot Operations Automation

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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 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $286,000 to $353,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Mountain View, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
• Posted: 2026-10-26

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

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• 10+ years of Product Management or senior technical leadership experience building, scaling, and commercializing complex products that bridge robotics, software, and real-world op…
• A BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical engineering experience

Conditions

• Develop product requirements spanning onboard autonomous driving capabilities (such as high-precision parking), fleet orchestration, and physical robotics hardware
• Ability to travel periodically to visit depots, test facilities, operating markets, and external automation partners

Main duties

• Define and lead the multi-year product vision, strategy, and end-to-end roadmap for robotic depot automation—including autonomous vehicle charging, automated…
• Develop product requirements spanning onboard autonomous driving capabilities (such as high-precision parking), fleet orchestration, and physical robotics ha…
• Align senior leaders across operations, engineering, and product to develop automation systems from prototypes to production deployments
• Partner with operations, strategy, partnerships, and finance to define the rollout plan across owned & operated and partner-operated deployments
• Shape the design of next-generation autonomous vehicle platforms and depot infrastructure so future fleets are architected from the ground up for zero-touch …

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for manager jobs in San Francisco, CA: $186k a year (609 listings, 44 employers). This listing is 72% higher.
• 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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