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
Develop the next-generation ML-powered prediction and planning system to: enhance the performance and capabilities of the ML driver and support the rapid scaling of Waymo’s business.
Frame open-ended, real-world challenges as well-defined ML problems;: research, develop, and apply cutting-edge ML techniques, including foundation models and reinforcement learning, for the planning and prediction tasks of autonomous vehicles.
Collaborate with world-class researchers, engineers and product owners to: create safe, smooth planning behaviors for all road users and to meet product requirements.
Develop and evaluate large models, and integrate them into Waymo’s production: planning software for real-world applications through close partnership with the Planner and Research teams.
BS in Computer Science, ML, Robotics, similar technical field of study
+ years of experience in Machine Learning modeling and/or Autonomous Vehicles
What they're looking for
- Demonstrated contributions to the ML community through publications,: open-source projects, or significant industry impact
- Hands-on experience with modern deep learning libraries (eg: TensorFlow, JAX, Pytorch)
- Proficient programming skills (eg: Python, C/C++)
- Strong analytical and debugging skills
