Waymo

2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Conflict Behavior

Waymo$145K — $177K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD in a quantitative field such as Computer Science or Engineering.
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python and/or C++.
  • Experience in analyzing and visualizing large datasets.
  • Strong analytical and statistical skills for model validation.

Responsibilities

  • Calibrate and validate metrics for proactive caution in complex scenarios.
  • Analyze driving logs to assess model accuracy and identify edge cases.
  • Collaborate across teams to integrate safety signals into automated workflows.

Benefits

  • Generous benefits programs for interns, subject to eligibility requirements.
  • Hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies in autonomous systems.
Full Job Description
You will:
  • Calibrate and validate physical reachability and safety-margin metrics against expert human evaluations to quantify "proactive caution" in complex scenarios
  • Analyze large-scale real-world and simulated driving logs to evaluate model accuracy, characterize edge cases, and optimize trade-offs
  • Partner cross-functionally to integrate quantitative safety signals into automated event triage and release-readiness workflows

You have:
  • Currently pursuing an Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field
  • Proficiency in Python and/or C++
  • Experience analyzing, wrangling, and visualizing large-scale datasets
  • Demonstrated analytical and statistical skills for validating quantitative models

We prefer:
  • Familiarity with SQL
  • Familiarity with autonomous vehicles, robotics, crash safety analysis, or human driving behavior modeling
  • Experience working with rare-event modeling, anomaly detection, or highly imbalanced datasets in complex real-world domains (e.g., autonomous systems, robotics, experimental physics, crash safety, or healthcare)
  • Solid foundation in machine learning and statistical evaluation fundamentals


Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.

The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company's generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.

Hourly Masters Pay

$70-$70 USD

The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company's generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.

Hourly PhD Pay

$85-$85 USD

About Waymo

Waymo LLC is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google. Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and provides ride-hailing services through its Waymo One program. The company has been testing its self-driving technology on public roads since 2009 and has logged millions of miles of autonomous driving. Waymo has partnerships with several automakers and has been working on developing autonomous trucks for use in logistics.
Learn more about Waymo
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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