2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Conflict Behavior
Waymo · Mountain View, California · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)
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Roboticsonsiteintern$146k–$177k
At a glance
Highlights
- Calibrate safety-margin metrics against expert reviews to quantify proactive caution.
- Analyze large-scale real and simulated driving logs to evaluate model accuracy.
- Integrate safety signals into automated triage and release-readiness workflows.
What they offer
- Generous benefits programs subject to eligibility
Ideal candidate
A curious MS/PhD student in a quantitative field who loves digging into messy real-world data to improve safety. Analytical, collaborative, and passionate about proactive driving behavior and autonomous mobility.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, or 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
- hiring process
- Rolling applications until filled; apply individually to top 3 roles for multiple-role consideration.
Lab profile
About Waymo
Autonomous driving technology company building the Waymo Driver for fully autonomous ride-hailing.
What they build
- Waymo Driver
- Fully autonomous ride-hail service
Known for
- Large-scale driving simulation
- Simulation realism
- Quantitative evaluations
- Onboard autonomy models
Key facts
- Founded in 2009
- Started as the Google Self-Driving Car Project