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title: 'Safety Assurance Manager / 安全性保証マネージャー at Waymo'
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# Safety Assurance Manager / 安全性保証マネージャー at Waymo

- **Company:** Waymo
- **Location:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Posted:** 2026-11-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11
- **Apply:** https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs?gh_jid=8329325

## 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.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Ops Safety and Readiness Lead.

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.

Waymo Operations は、Waymo Driver を世界に届けることを使命としています。私たちは、世界初となる大型の自動運転フリートおよびオペレーション プラットフォームを構築し、スケーリングするグローバル チームです。部品調達からエンド カスタマーの管理まで、Waymo Driver を大規模かつ組織的に展開することで Waymo の価値を実現・創造します。Waymo は、協働と称賛を促す文化の構築に尽力しています。私たちはチームメンバーの独自の背景、視点、経験を尊重し、Waymo が事業を展開する地域社会にさらに貢献していけるよう、すべてのメンバーがアイデアを共有することをサポートし、奨励しています。

You will / 業務内容:

- Author and publish local market playbooks that cover both general operations and safety-specific protocols. / 一般的なオペレーションと、安全に特化した手順の両方を網羅する、地域市場向けハンドブックを作成して公開する。
- Provide coordinated support for critical readiness programs, including Line-checks, Operational Readiness Verifications, Retrospectives, and Business Continuity Planning (BCP). / ラインチェック、運用準備検証、振り返り、事業継続計画（BCP）など、重要な運用準備プログラムを調整してサポートする。
- Ensure staff are not just trained, but truly proficient through rigorous practice, drills, and continuous feedback loops. / 綿密な実践、演習、継続的な改善サイクルを通じて、スタッフを（単にトレーニングを受けただけではなく）真に習熟した状態にする。
- Coordinate with local partners and vendors on joint safety issues / 安全に関する共同の問題について、地域のパートナーやベンダーと調整する。
- Ensure all operational risks are deeply understood with active, validated mitigation plans in place. / すべての運用リスクを深く理解し、実効性が確認された軽減策を実施する。

You have / 必須条件:

- Experience: 7+ years in operations with safety criticality. / 経験: 安全性が極めて重要な業務における 7 年以上の経験。
- A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent). / 学士号（または同等の資格）。
- Proven ability to build systems, frameworks, and standardized processes from scratch. / システム、フレームワーク、標準化されたプロセスをゼロから構築する能力（実証可能なもの）。
- Exceptional presence and communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data into clear, actionable documentation. / 優れたプレゼンスとコミュニケーション スキルを持ち、複雑なデータを明確で実用的なドキュメントにまとめることができること。
- Experience in operations manual development and a high degree of comfort with technical documentation. / オペレーション マニュアルの開発経験を持ち、技術ドキュメントに関して高い習熟度を備えていること。
- English and Japanese proficiency required. / 英語と日本語に堪能であること。

We prefer / 歓迎条件:

- Experience designing process in highly regulated spaces / 規制の厳しい分野でのプロセス設計の経験。
- Experience with road safety, design, or transportation planning / 交通安全、設計、交通計画に関する経験。
- Passenger Transportation Operations Manager or Aviation Operations Manager certified / 旅客輸送オペレーション管理者または航空運航管理者の認定資格。
- Japan Flight Operations Officer / 日本の運航管理者。

## About Waymo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company that develops and operates the Waymo Driver, a self-driving system used for ride-hailing and trucking, with a mission to be the world’s most trusted driver.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2009 (as the Google self-driving car project); became an independent company under Alphabet in 2016
- **Founders**: The project was initiated by Sebastian Thrun (Google X), with key early contributions from Anthony Levandowski and others. Current leadership is Co-CEOs Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov, and Chief Safety Officer Mauricio Peña.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Autonomous vehicles, self-driving technology, ride-hailing, autonomous trucking, mobility-as-a-service
- **Target customers**: B2C (riders via Waymo One), B2B (fleet operators, logistics companies, and partners), and enterprise (autonomous trucking and delivery)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To be the world’s most trusted driver.” Waymo aims to save lives, drive inclusive mobility, and improve the state of the planet by making transportation safer, more accessible, and sustainable.

## Products & Services
- **Waymo One**: The world’s first commercial autonomous ride-hailing service. Offers fully driverless rides to the public in Metro Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The fleet is now all-electric (Jaguar I-PACE).
- **Waymo Via**: Autonomous trucking and logistics service for freight movement, operating with partners to move goods on highways.
- **Waymo Driver**: The company’s core autonomous driving system (software + hardware stack). It is designed to be integrated into various vehicle platforms for ride-hailing, trucking, and delivery.
- **Waymo Open Dataset**: A publicly available dataset of autonomous driving sensor data, provided to researchers to accelerate breakthroughs in the field.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (as a private subsidiary of Alphabet). Alphabet’s market cap is ~$2 trillion (as of mid-2025). Waymo is considered Alphabet’s most valuable “Other Bet.”
- **Key Metric**: Over 20 million rider-only (fully autonomous) rides served as of early 2025. 94% fewer serious injury crashes compared to human drivers over the same distance in operating cities.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Alphabet Inc. (parent company). Partners include Jaguar Land Rover (vehicle supply), Daimler Trucks (trucking), and various fleet operators and delivery services.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid geographic expansion (largest fully autonomous service area in the world at 180 sq miles in Phoenix); transition to an all-electric fleet; expansion into Los Angeles and San Francisco; growing public trust (93% rider satisfaction rate); continuous hiring across engineering, operations, and AI.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover & scale**: Waymo is the only company operating a fully autonomous, commercial, paid ride-hailing service across multiple major US cities, with millions of real-world miles driven without a human safety driver.
- **Deep Alphabet backing**: Access to vast resources, AI talent (DeepMind/Google Brain), and infrastructure (Google Maps, Cloud, AI chips).
- **Safety track record**: Publicly released data showing a 82-94% reduction in injury-causing crashes compared to human drivers, building regulatory and public trust.
- **Full-stack approach**: In-house development of hardware (LIDAR, cameras, radar), software (perception, planning, simulation), and operations (fleet management, rider experience).

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling safely**: Expanding service areas (adding more cities and suburbs) while maintaining a strong safety record.
- **All-electric fleet**: Transitioning the entire Waymo One fleet to zero-emission vehicles (Jaguar I-PACE) to align with sustainability goals.
- **Trucking & logistics**: Growing Waymo Via to capture the massive autonomous trucking market, partnering with OEMs and shippers.
- **AI & simulation**: Using advanced AI (including large models and generative AI) to improve the Waymo Driver’s decision-making and simulation-based validation.
- **Accessibility & inclusive mobility**: Designing for riders with disabilities, older adults, and underserved communities to ensure transportation is available to all.

## Why Work Here
- **Impact**: Work on technology that directly saves lives (1.4M traffic deaths globally each year) and reshapes the future of transportation.
- **Culture**: Waymo describes itself as a place for “ambitious thinkers and relentless problem solvers” with a deep respect for getting every detail right. Values include safety, innovation, and responsibility.
- **Teams**: Opportunities across Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, AI Foundations, Product & Design, Operations & Supply Chain, Safety, Policy, and General & Administrative roles.
- **Internships**: Strong early-career program with internships for Bachelors, Masters, MBA, and PhD candidates, often leading to full-time offers.
- **Hiring process**: Transparent and structured. Includes an initial recruiter screen, 1-2 phone/video interviews, and a virtual onsite (up to 5 interviews). Emphasizes problem-solving, collaboration, and real-time thinking. AI tools are not permitted during technical assessments to ensure fair evaluation.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: The careers page lists both on-site and remote roles, with most engineering and operations roles based in Mountain View, San Francisco, or other US locations.
- **Benefits**: Top-notch benefits, unique learning opportunities, thoughtful community engagement, and meaningful gatherings. Specific perks are not detailed publicly but are described as comprehensive.

## Sources
1. [Waymo.com](https://waymo.com/) – Official company website (mission, history, safety data)
2. [Waymo About Page](https://waymo.com/about/) – Company history, leadership, and milestones
3. [Waymo Careers Page](https://careers.withwaymo.com/) – Culture, teams, hiring process, benefits
4. [Waymo Open Roles](https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs/search) – Current job listings and departments
5. [Waymo How We Hire](https://careers.withwaymo.com/how-we-hire) – Interview process, tips, and accessibility

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