Staff Tech Lead Manager, Machine Learning Engineering, Simulator Evaluation is open at Waymo in Mountain View, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States.. The posting gives a salary of $251K - $310K. Posted on Sep 17, 2026, and still on Waymo’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Waymo’s simulator is one of the most complex virtual environments ever built, blending deterministic logic, physical dynamics, and state-of-the-art Generative AI to create a training ground for the Waymo Driver. Within this cutting-edge ecosystem, the Simulator Evaluation team faces the ultimate data challenge: How do you mathematically prove that a virtual world is "real"? While our team programmatically builds the…
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