Waymo

2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Perception, Machine Learning

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

Qualifications

  • Enrolled in a PhD or master's program in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field.
  • Strong publication record preferred for master's candidates.
  • Proficient in Python programming language.
  • Experience with ML frameworks like JAX, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement multi-modality perception models.
  • Explore project areas including 3D object detection and tracking.
  • Train and evaluate ML models on Waymo's driving log data.
  • Gain hands-on experience in large-scale ML infrastructure.
  • Collaborate effectively within a team environment.

Benefits

  • Generous benefits programs for eligible interns.
Full Job Description
This internship will be based on-site at our headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

You will:
  • Design and implement state-of-the-art multi-modality (camera/radar/lidar/audio) and multi-task perception models. Potential project areas include:
    • 3D object detection and tracking,
    • Open vocabulary detection applying world knowledge models,
    • 3D occupancy detection,
    • Semantic segmentation,
    • Large-scale foundation models,
    • Pre-training and self-supervised learning through forecasting.
  • Train and evaluate ML models on our vast and high fidelity data from Waymo driving logs.
  • Gain experience using large scale ML infrastructure and working in a team environment.

You have:
  • Enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field of study or enrolled in a master's program with a strong publication record.
  • Experience in Python
  • Experience building ML models with JAX, PyTorch or Tensorflow

We prefer:
  • Strong track record of high quality ML / CV research. Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI.
  • Experience in object detection, segmentation, multiple-object tracking audio perception or occupancy detection.

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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