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Waymo

Principal Software Engineer - Waymo Driver Post Training

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about 3 hours ago
Mountain View, CA, USA
Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$349k - $431k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with Onboard model engineers on rapid prototyping and experiments.
  • Prototype necessary infrastructure for model experimentation.
  • Drive post-training technology and training recipe roadmaps.
  • Contribute to the production rollout of major model architecture evolutions.
  • Build collaborations between Onboard and research teams.
  • Evolve the post-training recipe roadmap with milestones for production impact.

Requirements

  • Technical and hands-on experience as an individual contributor or team lead.
  • Active coding, code reviewing, and running experiments.
  • Hands-on experience in post-training techniques like RL and SFT.
  • Experience in Robotics, VLA, or VLM with a strong understanding of model architectures.
  • Production-driven mindset with ownership of quality and timely delivery.
  • Strong communication skills and organizational awareness.

Benefits

  • Eligible for Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program.
  • Participation in equity incentive plan.
  • Generous company benefits program.

Tech Stack

Robot Framework

Categories

AI & MLData ScienceEmbedded