Shilpa Gulati
Director, Safety and Compliance @Waymo
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WORK HISTORY
Director, Safety and Compliance @Waymo
Market Expansion: Led the Waymo-wide Road Rule Compliance program to deliver a 90% improvement in performance, unblocking unlimited commercial scaling across multiple metropolitan markets.Safety Governance: Appointed to the Safety Steering Committee to assess \"Absence of Unreasonable Risk\"(AUR) and recommend deployment scope for 20+ software releases across 10 cities.Cross-Functional Strategy: Built deep partnerships with Legal, Policy, Product, and Operations to synchronize technical roadmaps with evolving regulatory expectations and safety standards.
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Master of Technology, Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT SHILPA GULATI
Dr. Shilpa Gulati is a distinguished technology executive with over 15 years of experience leading large-scale AI/ML organizations and autonomous systems deployments. Currently serving as a Director of Engineering at Waymo, she leads the company-wide Road Rule Compliance program, achieving a performance improvements that unblocked commercial scaling across multiple metropolitan markets. As a member of the Safety Steering Committee, Dr. Gulati instrumental in defining \"Absence of Unreasonable Risk\"(AUR) and authorizing the deployment of critical software releases.Throughout her career, Dr. Gulati has demonstrated a unique ability to bridge the gap between deep technical research and production-grade engineering. At Waymo, she scaled the Behavior Prediction organization by 10x, overseeing the transition from rule-based stacks to state-of-the-art transformer-based foundation models. Her leadership journey includes building Nuro’s and Apple’s vehicle intelligence teams from the ground up, as well as executing NASA-funded autonomous robotics missions in the extreme environments of Antarctica.A recognized thought leader and TEDx speaker, Dr. Gulati holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. She is a trusted partner to legal, policy, and product leadership, dedicated to setting the global standard for safe and scalable autonomous technology.
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