2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning Engineer
Waymo · San Francisco, CA, USA · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
CHECKED 7H AGO
Roboticsonsiteintern$146k–$177k
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