Senior Staff Industrial Designer

Waymo LLC

Job Overview

Location

Mountain View, CA, USA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As a Senior Staff Industrial Designer at Waymo, you will define and own the long-term industrial design vision and strategy across multiple complex product areas, driving alignment on scope and strategy in highly ambiguous environments while working with external partners to co-develop designs.
• You will act as a key strategic partner to leadership across Product, Hardware Engineering, UXR, and Operations to drive decisions on complex user needs and technical requirements, ensuring design excellence is championed and mentored across the team.
• You will own, articulate, and evolve the physical product design language for Waymo’s hardware, ensuring strategic alignment with the Waymo brand and user experience goals at an executive level, while leading CMF and manufacturing strategies in partnership with operations and global suppliers.
• You will lead and influence the integration of industrial design into vehicle program development schedules, serving as a point of contact for the ID team and leading execution of program timelines negotiated with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world’s most trusted driver, building the Waymo Driver—the World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility and save lives lost to traffic crashes, with over ten million rider-only trips and 100 million miles driven on public roads.
• The Industrial Design Team at Waymo is responsible for envisioning the future of mobility and autonomous driving technology, developing cohesive design language for the Waymo Driver to deliver exceptional customer experiences and best-in-class product quality through smart, elegant solutions that prioritize rider needs and safety.
• The team operates as a unique fusion of creatives and innovators involved in every step of engineering and product development to optimize technology and delight the rider’s journey, offering the opportunity to pioneer a new industry in a hybrid work schedule reporting to a Head of Industrial Design.
• In this role, you will elevate the entire team’s craft, process, and strategic thinking by mentoring other designers and championing design excellence while integrating industrial design work-streams into larger hardware development schedules from early concept to mass production.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of deep, hands-on design experience from working directly within one or more automotive OEM design studios (e.g., Ford, GM, Toyota, VW Group, Rivian, Tesla, etc.)
• A proven track record of leading multiple, complex hardware products from ambiguous early concepts to successful mass production
• Exceptional 2D and 3D design skills, with mastery of sketching, digital rendering, 3D CAD (e.g., Alias, SolidWorks, Rhino), and rapid prototyping techniques
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to influence and align senior leadership and executive stakeholders around a design vision
• A world-class portfolio of work demonstrating strategic, systems-level design thinking, exceptional problem-solving, and meticulous attention to detail and craft
• A degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Participation in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
• Eligibility for Waymo’s equity incentive plan
• Access to Waymo’s generous Company benefits program
• Hybrid work schedule flexibility
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge autonomous driving technology with real-world impact
• Exposure to global suppliers and high-volume manufacturing processes in a pioneering industry

Skills & Technologies

Design

Senior

Remote

Degree Required

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About Waymo LLC

Waymo LLC, originally Google's self-driving car project, develops autonomous driving technology and operates a commercial robotaxi service. The company creates hardware and software stacks for vehicles to navigate public roads without human input, using LiDAR, cameras, and machine learning. Waymo One offers rides to the public in Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, while Waymo Via provides freight trucking services. Alphabet Inc. owns Waymo, which partners with automakers such as Jaguar Land Rover and Stellantis to integrate its Driver platform into production vehicles, aiming to improve road safety and expand mobility.

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