Design Studio Process Manager
Required skills
- facility layout optimization
- operational workflows
- bottlenecks
- capacity constraints
- facility design requirements
- autonomous infrastructure
- infrastructure design standards
- Lean principles
- industrial engineering methodologies
- operational modeling
Nice to have
- workplace
- lab
- industrial
- manufacturing
- automotive service
- EV charging
Role summary
Waymo is seeking a Design Studio Process Manager to optimize facility layouts for their autonomous vehicle infrastructure. This role involves analyzing operational workflows, identifying bottlenecks, and translating findings into facility design requirements. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, applying Lean principles and industrial engineering methodologies to improve design standards and business performance. The position requires strong analytical skills, experience with process improvement, and the ability to make effective decisions in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment. Experience with AI tools for workflow enhancement is also required. A hybrid work schedule is followed, reporting to the Head of Project Delivery.
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 cars may be self-driving, but its preconstruction development standards are steered by experts like you. Safety is our foundation and is at the heart of everything we do. As Waymo’s Design Studio Process Manager, you will own the facility layout optimization by transforming our business needs and operation into standardized and efficient solutions in an extremely fast paced environment with high degree of ambiguity. At every turn, process excellence, collaboration, and detailed cross-org communication are critical.
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Head of Project Delivery.
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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$190,000—$234,000 USD