2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Post Training
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA: San Francisco, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
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At a glance
Highlights
- Define research goals and hill-climb model performance for autonomous driving.
- Partner with industry leaders on impactful Waymo AI Foundations projects.
- Advance post-training for large foundation models for the Waymo Driver.
What they offer
- Eligible to participate in generous benefits programs
Ideal candidate
PhD researcher passionate about autonomous driving and foundation models who thrives on defining experiments, interpreting results, and iterating with feedback in a collaborative research culture.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or related quantitative field
- Knowledge of pre-training and post-training of large foundation models
- Hands-on experience training modern AI models
- Strong analytical skills to interpret results and form verifiable hypotheses
- Ability to write bug-free code and implement software without much guidance
- hiring process
- Resumes accepted on a rolling basis until filled; apply individually to top 3 roles for multiple considerations.
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