2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, RSI for Autonomous Driving
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)
Roboticsonsiteintern$177k
At a glance
Highlights
- Design closed-loop training to improve the Waymo Driver with world models.
- Partner with industry leaders on impactful autonomous driving research.
- Translate cutting-edge research into improvements in driver quality.
What they offer
- Benefits programs
Ideal candidate
PhD researcher passionate about autonomous driving and self-improving AI who loves translating cutting-edge literature into real-world driving improvements.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or related quantitative field
- Depth in foundational AI model post-training, especially RL
- Fluency using AI coding agents and RL frameworks such as Rex, Verl, NeMo-RL
- Fluency in model training basics like transformer architecture, hyperparameter tuning, and overfitting debugging
- Familiarity with autonomous driving, physics AI, VLA, or world models
- remote policy
- hybrid onsite
- hiring process
- Rolling applications 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
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