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2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning Engineer

Waymo · San Francisco, CA, USA · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)

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Roboticsonsiteintern$146k–$177k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Train multi-task models over driving-log sequences to improve evaluation quality.
  • Run rigorous offline and end-to-end evaluations on real hillclimbing A/B runs.
  • Land production-quality code and present results to partner teams.

What they offer

  • Housing/relocation bonus (if applicable)
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
  • Free access to Google shuttles
  • Onsite gym
  • Fun intern events and networking opportunities

Ideal candidate

A curious MS or PhD student passionate about autonomous driving who loves rigorous experimentation and turning real-world data into safer mobility through collaborative, impactful research.

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in MS or PhD program in Computer Science, Machine Learning or related field and returning after internship
  • Hands-on experience training and evaluating deep learning models including data pipelines, losses, and debugging training runs
  • Strong programming skills in C++/Python with grounding in ML fundamentals including precision/recall, class imbalance and experiment design
  • Authorship of published papers in top-tier AI/ML, data mining, or computer vision conferences
  • Research or applied experience with transformer and sequence models, multi-task and transfer learning
  • Experience with distributed training and large-scale data processing for training and evaluation datasets
  • Familiarity with autonomous driving, robotics, simulation, calibration and uncertainty quantification

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
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