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Director, Systems Integration, Diagnostics
Waymo LLC · 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, USA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 290 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 87 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Waymo LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles9 certified filings for “Systems Engineer” (Mechanical Engineers) in CA: $187k–$235k, median $230k. Most were filed at wage level IV (63%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 290 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 87 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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. Hardware Engineering is an innovative and collaborative group of electrical, mechanical, reliability, software and vehicle engineers. We design, build, and perfect the products which are the eyes and ears of Waymo's autonomous driving technology, and integrate those products into vehicle platforms. We're seeking curious and talented teammates to keep us moving in the right direction. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to Director, Hardware Systems . You will: • Define and execute Waymo’s global strategy for systems integration, diagnostics, vehicle commissioning, and field engineering across multiple vehicle platforms. • Lead, scale, and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering organization encompassing Systems Integration, Diagnostics, Scaled Commissioning, and Field Engineering. • Own end-to-end systems integration and bring-up of new Waymo Driver hardware and OEM vehicle platforms - spanning compute, sensor pipelines, vehicle networks, and system-level HIL testbeds, from early bench prototypes through autonomous fleet readiness. • Drive the architecture and development of next-generation diagnostics infrastructure, automated tooling, and telemetry to support high-volume manufacturing and fleet operations. • Establish, mature, and scale vehicle commissioning: end-of-line test, provisioning, calibration, etc. at manufacturing facilities and service centers around the world. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Hardware, Software, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and OEM partners to define integration requirements, triage complex system-level issues, and guide design-for-diagnostics and design-for-manufacturing feedback loops. You have: • BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. • 10+ years of experience in systems engineering/integration, diagnostics, or integration for complex hardware/software systems (e.g., automotive, robotics, aerospace, defense). • 5+ years of experience in people management, with a proven track record of leading and growing multidisciplinary engineering teams. • Proven track record leading full-system hardware/software bring-up, HIL testbed architecture, and base-vehicle interface integration (power, networking, actuation, and ECU software/OTA) across multiple concurrent programs. • Deep technical breadth across electrical, mechanical, and software domains, with experience in HW/SW co-design and system-level debugging. • Experience scaling products from early-stage prototyping and low-volume to high-volume manufacturing or commercial fleet operations. • Strong partner management skills, with experience navigating and influencing external partners or OEM organizations. We prefer: • Direct experience in the Autonomous Vehicle (AV), advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), automotive, industrial automation, or aerospace. • Experience with cloud-connected software-defined vehicles, diagnostics, and data-driven reliability engineering. • Experience managing global teams and vendor relationsh