A senior Tesla Inc. executive who was the company’s main technical contact with U.S. safety regulators, has left for rival Waymo LLC, according to people familiar the decision.
Matthew Schwall, who had been the director of field performance engineering at Tesla TSLA, -1.30% , exited the company as the National Transportation Safety Board and other regulators have been investigating multiple crashes involving the electric vehicles.
Waymo confirmed Schwall has begun working for the Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, -0.19% unit.
Schwall couldn’t be reached for comment, though a person familiar with his move said it was unrelated to issues Tesla is dealing with regarding Autopilot. Tesla didn’t respond to a request to comment.
Schwall’s exit follows Tesla’s announcement Friday that its engineering chief, Doug Field, was taking a leave of absence.
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