Job brief: Staff Systems Test Engineer, Scenario Quality and Maintenance Systems

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Waymo's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-09 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-09.
• The apply link opens careers.withwaymo.com, the address Waymo's board gives for this job.
• The same title for the same place was listed 1 other time on this board in the last 90 days: several openings, or a re-posted job.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

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

• Pay: $230,000 to $284,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
• Posted: 2026-11-09

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

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

Must have

• 8+ years of experience in Test Engineering, QA Engineering, Software Development in Test, Site Reliability Engineering, Technical Operations or other equivalent experience

Main duties

• Design Scalable Quality Architecture: Move the organization towards scalable QC (Quality Control) methodologies for test creation (e.g., statistical sampling…
• Manage meta-quality assurance: Develop and manage our meta-quality framework to drive overall test quality assurance. Build dashboards and identify opportuni…
• Maintain test health: Drive increased automation in detection and resolution of test health issues identified in our vast scenario test database to keep qual…
• Create the playbook: Develop the playbook for making maintenance adjustments at scale by leveraging tooling automation strategically while also partnering w/…
• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or other relevant technical field

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for mechanic and technician jobs in San Francisco, CA: $73k a year (59 listings, 8 employers). This listing is 252% higher.
• Across Waymo's 317 open listings, 50% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Waymo hires

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