Senior Software Engineer, Linux Kernel

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases.

In this role, you will work on the System Software Team. The System Software team owns the primary compute node of Waymo's on-vehicle compute platform – an integrated embedded system. You will write Linux Kernel drivers (including creating appropriate user-space APIs) to communicate with custom hardware (e.g. custom ASICs and FPGAs). If you enjoy building embedded systems using novel compute hardware and working with engineering teams that will be direct consumers of your work, you'll be a great fit for this role.

In this hybrid role, you will report to an Engineering Director.

Responsibilities: • Work on a small team of System Software and Linux Kernel Engineers to develop system software components from early prototyping to production launch of driverless vehicles • Develop and test Linux Kernel device drivers and other components for high-performance embedded systems including custom ASICs and accelerators • Work with a variety of engineering teams and SoC partners to take on ambiguous problems

Requirements: • BA/BS degree in Computer Science, or relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience • Proficiency in C and C++ • 5+ years of programming experience in an asynchronous environment with multiple processes, threads, timers, and interrupts • Experience with Linux kernel and device driver development • Working knowledge of hardware bring-up and debugging, including the ability to read schematics/datasheets and use common tools (oscilloscopes, multimeter, logic analyzers)

Preferred qualifications: • Experience with early-silicon development tools, e.g. emulators, simulators and FPGAs • Experience with common hardware protocols/interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, or I2C) • Experience working with multiple types of industry partners (CM, ODM, OEM, or ISV) • Working knowledge of complex hardware-accelerated compute pipelines (GPUs, ML accelerators, image/data processors)