Waymo is seeking a Lead Diagnostic Technician in Munich to leverage automotive expertise, manage partner support, and ensure quality standards for autonomous vehicle operations.
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 Operations exists to deliver the Waymo Driver to the world. We are a global team building and scaling the world's first and leading autonomous fleet and operations platform. From component sourcing to end customer management, we enable and create value for Waymo through scaled and orchestrated deployment of the Waymo Driver. At Waymo, we are dedicated to building a culture that promotes collaboration and celebration. We value our team members' unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and support and encourage all team members to share their ideas to help Waymo better serve the communities in which we operate.
- Lead as a Technical Expert: Leverage in-depth knowledge and troubleshooting expertise to address complex issues outside of documented standard operating procedures.
- Engage with Waymo Engineering teams and OEM partners to resolve concerns.
- Provide Partner Support: Minimize vehicle downtime by managing escalations from partner technicians facing novel or complex issues. Guide these diagnostics remotely and in-person.
- Administer & Develop Training: Conduct on-the-job training (including train-the-trainer) to fleet service teams as a certified instructor. Assist in the continuous development of training content.
- Maintain Quality Standards: Ensure market adherence to service and quality assurance standards that drive safety and consistency. Conduct regular audits and assessments to verify compliance.
- Document Technical Knowledge: Develop and maintain technical documentation, troubleshooting guides, operating procedures, and best practices to support fleet service teams.
- Proactively Identify Risks and Opportunity: Collaborate with engineering teams to identify and address potential issues before they impact fleet uptime. Perform analysis that identifies high value diagnostic development opportunities.
- 5+ years experience in an automotive technician or automotive engineering role.
- Mastery of automotive diagnostic strategies and tools covering mechanical, electrical, and networking (e.g. CAN).
- Demonstrated experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring timely delivery and quality outcomes.
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, external partners, and executives.
- Analytical skills to identify developmental opportunities and communicate them effectively.
- Experience servicing and diagnosing electric or hybrid vehicles (high voltage qualification preferred).
- In market qualifications and accreditations preferred.
- Experience building or servicing autonomous vehicles or technology preferred.
- Travel Requirements: Up to 20% travel to the US for training & ongoing support in other markets in the UK and likely other markets in the EU.