2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer, Sys Intel & Machine Learning
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)
CHECKED 7H AGO
Roboticsonsiteintern$146k–$177k
At a glance
Highlights
- Optimize multi-task Vision Transformers for real-time onboard autonomous driving.
- Build distillation pipelines to scale perception across diverse geographic domains.
- Maximize perception model efficiency across custom automotive accelerators.
What they offer
- Housing/relocation bonus (if applicable)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Fun intern events and networking opportunities
- Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
- Free access to Google shuttles
- Onsite gym
Ideal candidate
You are a Master's or PhD student in CS or related field who is curious about autonomous driving and passionate about making large perception models efficient and deployable at scale.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a PhD or Master's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, Robotics, or related field
- Strong software engineering and deep learning development skills in Python and modern frameworks
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience with foundation models, Transformer architectures, and multi-task learning
- Experience with model compression, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, quantization, and knowledge distillation
- hiring process
- Accepting resumes on a rolling basis until filled; apply individually to top 3 roles of interest for multiple roles
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