2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Behavior Post-training
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
Roboticsonsiteintern$177k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build tools to sample and select synthetic driving data to improve models.
- Train and evaluate models using mixtures of synthetic and logged driving data.
- Partner with industry leaders on projects creating real impact for Waymo Driver.
What they offer
- Eligible to participate in generous benefits programs
Ideal candidate
PhD researcher passionate about autonomous driving and generative modeling who enjoys testing bold hypotheses with synthetic data and sharing findings through writing and presentations.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or related field
- Familiarity with methods of sampling from large models
- Experience with post-training methods such as SFT, RL, and preferences
- Experience with modern deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch and Jax
- Experience working with open and closed loop decision making models in robotics
- Experience with synthetic data generation and evaluation
- Prior projects using LLM-as-a-judge
- hiring process
- Resumes accepted on a rolling basis until filled; apply individually to top 3 roles of interest.
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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