Waymo

2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning, Computer Vision

Waymo$176K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Experience programming in Python.
  • Hands-on experience training and evaluating deep learning models for computer vision or multimodal perception.
  • Solid understanding of modern neural architecture and multimodal sensor encoders.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze internal feature representations of deep multimodal perception models.
  • Validate model performance on datasets for autonomous vehicle sensors and simulations.
  • Train and fine-tune deep neural networks to enhance model performance.
  • Inspect models to derive insights on data quality.
  • Implement data pipelines to boost data quality.

Benefits

  • Participation in the Company's generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
Full Job Description
You will:
  • Analyze and characterize internal feature representations of deep multimodal perception foundation models.
  • Validate model performance on large-scale autonomous vehicle sensor datasets and simulation environments.
  • Train, fine-tune, and evaluate deep neural networks to improve model performance.
  • Inspect perception foundational model to derive signal on data quality.
  • Implement or augment data pipeline to improve data quality


You have:
  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
  • Experience programming in Python.
  • Practical experience training, fine-tuning, and evaluating deep learning models for computer vision or multimodal perception (e.g., using PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow).
  • Solid understanding of modern neural architectures (e.g., Vision Transformers, multi modal sensor encoders).


We prefer:
  • Research experience or publications in multimodal deep learning models, or vision foundational models.
  • Hands-on experience working with multi-camera and/or 3D LiDAR perception systems in robotics or autonomous driving.
  • Experience evaluating large-scale perception systems under practical settings.


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 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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