The opportunity
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…
What you'll do
Research, implement, and evaluate state-of-the-art generative models for autonomous vehicle planning
Develop next-generation, ML-powered systems that enhance the capabilities of: the ML driver and accelerate the rapid scaling of Waymo’s business
Translate open-ended, real-world driving challenges into well-defined machine: learning problems, applying cutting-edge techniques, including foundation models and reinforcement learning
Currently pursuing an MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related technical field
Hands-on experience with modern deep learning libraries (eg: TensorFlow, JAX, Pytorch)
Proficient programming skills (eg: Python, C/C++)
What they're looking for
- Publications in top-tier conferences such as ICML, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, IROS, CoRL, ACL, or EMNLP
- Hands-on experience deploying, evaluating, and maintaining ML-based systems: in real-world, production environments
- Help solve challenging problems with a direct impact on the company
- Competitive compensation packages with a housing/relocation bonus (if applicable)
