Principal Software Engineer, Perception Pretraining
Waymo
8 months ago
Mountain View, CA, USA or San Francisco, CA, USA
Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$332k - $421k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop sensor-fusion foundation models for the Waymo Driver.
- Solve large-scale, multi-stage training of sensor fusion models using extensive driving data.
- Develop solutions for frequently updating models to minimize time-to-impact.
- Optimize end-to-end latency from model training to deployment.
- Drive collaborations between Perception teams and other technical teams.
Requirements
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in ML model development, with 4+ years in large-scale vision or multi-modal model development.
- 6+ years of experience in ML-driven production systems.
- 6+ years of experience in a technical leadership role.
- 3+ years of experience with computer vision models or LLMs.
- Proficiency in C++, Python, and modern deep learning toolkits like PyTorch or JAX.
- Passion for engineering excellence and efficient model development.
Benefits
- Eligible for Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program.
- Participation in equity incentive plan.
- Generous Company benefits program.
Tech Stack
C++PythonPyTorch
Categories
AI & MLData Science