2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning Research, Planning/PredictionPosted today$177K

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 planning and predictions using JAX

  • Conduct machine learning models experiments

  • Produce high-quality, thoroughly tested code

  • Collaborate with research, product, and engineering teams to introduce new research concepts

  • Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or related field

  • Experience with deep learning, or reinforcement learning

What they're looking for

  • Hands-on experience with modern deep learning libraries (eg: TensorFlow, JAX, Pytorch) with basic programming skills (eg: Python, C/C++)
  • Strong analytical and debugging skills
  • Publications in top-tier conferences such as: ICML, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, IROS, CoRL, ACL, or EMNLP
  • Prior software development or research industry experience (including internships)