Job brief: Safety Case Research - Product Development Lead

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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 (5 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $241,000 to $297,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF690) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
• Posted: 2026-05-22 · over 60 days ago

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

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Lead".

Must have

• Minimum 3 years software release management first-hand experience, inclusive of software development best practices, software quality assurance reviews, and updates management.
• Experience in the certification of safety-critical software and/or hardware.
• The Safety Best Practices team is spread across multiple regions. Travel is required for team on-sites as well as for project-based activities such as audits (internal or external…

Conditions

• In this hybrid role, you will report to the Head of Safety Management.

Main duties

• Drive the integration of safety case claims related to design and development processes, such as those related to: software development best practices, launc…
• Revise and support new content within the safety case, as informed by international regulatory compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with the current safety case drafting team to ensure consistency in processes and content included in the safety case, as well as parity of rigor…
• Ensure that management of change practices and other safety case policies continue to be upheld, and evaluate change impact across Waymo’s expanding Operatio…
• Support the expansion of the safety case to multi-platform architectures.

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• Across Waymo's 316 open listings, 50% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Waymo hires

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