Geared toward technically proficient candidates comfortable with AI-driven automation and supplier negotiations, who are enrolled in technical programs and can work in a hybrid onsite environment in Mountain View, California.
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Original posting from Waymo
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.
The Hardware Global Supply Management (GSM) - Silicon & Electronic Components team manages high-complexity, high-value commercial sourcing for custom Silicon (E.g. ASICs, SoCs, OSAT/packaging) and Electronic Components (E.g. Passives, Discretes, PCB, Analog/Mixed Signal, Microcontrollers). The team is at the forefront of combining engineering architecture with strong business strategies to enable robust technology solutions at the right time to empower key features and products, pioneering on hardware sourcing excellence and AI-driven automation.
Our team is highly analytical, collaborative, and forward-thinking, with an intent to solve longer term/strategic problems in addition to immediate supply chain challenges. We value strong technical-commercial capabilities, proactivity, and open-minded innovation. We navigate complex commercial and geopolitical environments with high autonomy, continuously push to improve manual tasks using AI automation, and build tight alliances with engineering and manufacturing partners both internally and externally.
Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!
You will:
Perform should-cost modeling, component teardown analysis
RFP/RFQ process documentation and template standardization; automation for feedback ingestion and analysis
You have:
Enrolled in a BS or MS program in Supply Chain Management, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or related technical fields.
Understanding of semiconductor and electronic components fabrication, packaging, passive/discrete component lifecycles, and design fundamentals.
Proficiency in AI and automation via prompting, Python scripting, agentic automation frameworks, and workspace automation.
Strong experience with bottom-up should-cost modeling, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and large-scale BOM/financial analytics in Excel/Sheets.
We prefer:
Strong ability to collaborate with engineering/architecture teams to drive commercial supplier negotiations and financial modeling for component selection processes.
Prior experience building prototype/NPI pipelines with validation logging and human-in-the-loop review.
Communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex technical tradeoffs into crisp executive summaries.
Highly capable of navigating ambiguity and operating with independence in a fast-paced environment.
Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.
The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.Hourly Bachelors Pay$60—$60 USDThe expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.Hourly Masters Pay$70—$70 USD
Source: Waymo careers