
Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—stands for a new way forward in mobility. Our mission is to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.

Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—stands for a new way forward in mobility. Our mission is to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around.
Core business: Autonomous driving technology and operator of Waymo One (fully autonomous ride-hailing service)
Ownership: Majority-owned by Alphabet
Recent fundraising: $16B investment round announced Feb 2026; $5.6B Series C in Nov 2024
Scale: Millions of autonomous miles driven and 20M+ rides served
Headcount (approx.): ~3,000 employees
Autonomous vehicle technology, robotaxi operations, and commercial deployment of self-driving systems.
2016
Autonomous vehicles / Mobility
$16 billion
Alphabet remained majority investor; round valued Waymo at $126B post-money (company statement)
$5.6 billion
Round announced in November 2024
“Round led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital with Alphabet as majority investor; participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Mubadala Capital, Bessemer, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, and T. Rowe Price”
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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ 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. - Participate in the Physical Design of advanced silicon for our self-driving cars - Contribute to the design and closure of the full chip and individual blocks from RTL-to-GDS with a focus on floorplanning and assembly - Collaborate with internal logic and internal and external PD teams to achieve the best PPA possible - 5+ years of experience on PD design tasks in advanced silicon nodes with a minimum of 2 tapeouts - Expertise in generating and maintaining design-rule-check (DRC) clean floorplans (DEF) including pin placement and layer assignment and an understanding of abutted and non-abutted construction methodologies - Familiarity with entire RTL-to-GDS flow with hands-on experience with Synthesis, PNR, STA, and timing closure - Ability to automate EDA tasks through scripting. Competency with at least one EDA scripting language (TCL, skill, python) - Excellent verbal and written communication skills due to need to work with internal and external teams - Experience with SDC generation, verification, and maintenance - Experience working with external partners on PD closure - Passion and experience for scripting (beyond driving EDA tools) - Understanding of RC fundamentals - Deep understanding of performance, power and area (PPA) tradeoffs - Familiarity with back end flows (PI/SI, DRC/LVS, etc) May require infrequent travel to Mountain View, CA or to partner sites (Up to 15%) The expected base salary range for this full-time position 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. 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 ₹5,500,000—₹6,650,000 INR