Forward Deployed Engineer, Geo Auto
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- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in either system design or in one programming language (Java, C++, Python, etc.).
- 6 years of experience in technical troubleshooting, and managing internal/external partners or customers.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Applied Science, or a related field.
- Experience working with enterprise stakeholders (e.g., automakers).
- Experience with maps products and services.
- Experience in automotive integrations or software.
About the job
As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Engineer, you will gain exclusive insights into the global automotive industry, guiding products from ideation to production. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams specializing in navigation, automotive sensors, embedded compute, and advanced software architectures.
In this role, you will gain experience in understanding the automotive industry's navigation requirements and the utilization of map data for automated and assisted driving. Furthermore, you will evaluate map data and geo service quality from a partner's perspective, define and develop robust external-facing SDKs, and create tools to visualize service quality. Ultimately, this role offers the unique opportunity to collaborate extensively across internal teams and external partners, seeing both the engineering and business sides of bringing innovative automotive products to the road.
The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.
The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.
US: $152000 - $221000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Lead automotive partners as they integrate Google Maps and automotive Software Development Kits (SDK) across complex domains including automotive operating system platforms, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) components, and in-vehicle infotainment.
- Manage the automotive partner relationship and be responsible for driving issue resolutions including bugs, missing functionality, and feature requests.
- Model the requirements, constraints, and roadmap of automotive partners internally to guide product development.
- Support the Geo Auto Forward Deployed Engineering team as a subject matter expert.
- Work closely with teams across the Geo Auto, Geo Developer, and Android organizations to ensure Google provides a uniform and complete automotive solution.
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