Software Engineer, GPU

Full TimeHybrid

Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USAPosted 26 days ago

Role Overview

Waymo is hiring a Software Engineer, GPU. This is a full-time hybrid role, based in Mountain View, CA, USA; New York. posted 3 weeks ago. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

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Job description

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's 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’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

Waymo's Compute Team is tasked with a critical and exciting mission: We deliver the compute platform responsible for running the fully autonomous vehicle’s software stack. To achieve our mission, we architect and create high-performance custom silicon; we develop system-level compute architectures that push the boundaries of performance, power, and latency; and we collaborate closely with many other teammates to ensure we design and optimize hardware and software for maximum performance. We are a multidisciplinary team seeking curious and talented teammates to work on one of the world’s highest performance automotive compute platforms.

In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Software Engineer.

You will:

Develop high-performance GPU primitives and abstractions to enable Waymo to scale its accelerator codebase across diverse GPU backends
Collaborate with Waymo's internal hardware team and external partners on SoC projects with a focus on the GPU portion
Manage the bring-up, correctness, and performance of the Waymo onboard stack on new GPU platforms
Contribute to testing infrastructure that enhances the CI/CD flow for GPUs, detects bugs early, and generates automated alerts to maintain the GPU stack's functionality and performance
Create profiler and debugger tools for new GPU platforms

You have:

Proven expertise in C++ programming
Bachelor degrees in EECS, coupled with a minimum of three years of industry experience
Experience with full-system simulation frameworks (SystemC, Gem5 or similar)
Solid understanding of GPU hardware architecture
Proficiency in utilizing performance analysis tools and debuggers
Enthusiasm for developing the complete GPU software stack, from the hardware level to real-world applications

We prefer:

Knowledge of Linux device drivers and embedded firmware
Experience with diverse GPU deployment environments
Proficiency in GPU optimization techniques, including memory coalescing, register/shared memory tiling, pinned memory, and warp-level programming
Familiarity with GPU libraries such as Thrust, CUB, CUTLASS, or Eigen
Experience collaborating with external operators to ensure high quality standards
Experience contributing to open-source compiler projects such as LLVM or SPIR-V

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

$204,000—$259,000 USD

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This is a hybrid role based in Mountain View, CA, USA; New York. Expect a mix of in-office and remote days, with the specific cadence set by the hiring manager.

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When was the Software Engineer, GPU role at Waymo posted?

This role was posted on June 17, 2026 (26 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.