1 day ago
Base Salary
$175k - $215k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and evaluate state-of-the-art generative models for autonomous vehicle prediction and planning.
- Develop machine learning systems that improve the Waymo Driver and support business scaling.
- Translate real-world driving challenges into well-defined machine learning problems using foundation models and reinforcement learning.
- Write high-quality, scalable, thoroughly tested code and bring research into production.
- Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product managers to deliver safe and smooth planning behaviors.
- Publish research findings at top-tier academic venues.
Requirements
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven publication record at top-tier conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA, IROS, RSS, CoRL, ACL, or EMNLP.
- Demonstrated broader ML community impact through influential research, widely adopted open-source projects, or significant industry contributions.
- Hands-on expertise with modern deep learning frameworks such as JAX or PyTorch.
- Proficiency in Python and/or C++ with strong analytical and debugging abilities.
- Preferred: research experience in deep learning, reinforcement learning, causal reasoning, or foundation models.
- Preferred: industry experience in applied ML research or software development.
- Preferred: expertise in motion planning, prediction, or related robotics problems.
- Preferred: experience deploying, evaluating, and maintaining production machine learning systems.
Benefits
- Full-time position with hybrid work arrangement.
- Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus program.
- Eligibility for an equity incentive plan.
- Generous company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Categories
ML EngineeringRobotics
About Waymo
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