Waymo poaches top Tesla audio engineer
Waymo has hired a leading audio engineer from Tesla to enhance the In-car Audio and Infotainment experience in its autonomous vehicles. This move highlights the ongoing rivalry between the two companies as they compete in the autonomous driving sector, particularly in Austin, where Waymo operates a true level 4 autonomous system, while Tesla's Robotaxi system remains employee-supervised. The competition extends to attracting top talent in the industry.
Waymo has poached a top Tesla audio engineer to lead the In-car Audio and Infotainment experience inside its autonomous vehicles.
Tesla and Waymo have a sort of rivalry as they are both working toward deploying autonomous driving systems.
Earlier this year, there was a little back and forth about having the biggest service area in Austin, even though the competition was sort of unfair since Waymo has been opreating a true level 4 autonmous driving system in the Texas capital while Tesla’s Robotaxi system is still being supervised by employees inside the vehicles.
But the competition is also for talent.
