Waymo

2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Vehicle Intent and Prediction

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

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program.
  • Proficient in machine learning coding using Python (e.g., JAX or PyTorch).
  • Strong foundational knowledge in statistics and mathematics.
  • Familiarity with neural networks.

Responsibilities

  • Train and evaluate the Loss of Control model for quality impact assessments.
  • Leverage existing learned models to assess data quality signals.
  • Design and implement effectiveness measures for data quality signals.
  • Develop or enhance data pipelines for annotating synthetic training data.

Benefits

  • Eligibility to participate in the company’s generous benefits programs.
Full Job Description
You will:
  • Train & evaluate Loss of Control model to evaluate quality impact of your changes.
  • Leverage existing learned models to derive signal on data quality.
  • Design & implement measures of effectiveness of said signals.
  • Develop or augment data pipelines to annotate synthetic training data with said signals.

You have:
  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program.
  • ML coding in Python (e.g JAX or Pytorch).
  • Strong knowledge of foundational statistics & math.
  • Familiarity with neural networks.

We prefer:
  • Familiarity with C++, especially in the context of data processing pipelines.
  • Prior experience with robotics or prediction problems.

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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