2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research Scientist, Visual Reasoning
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)
Roboticsonsiteintern$177k
At a glance
Highlights
- Develop novel visual and spatio-temporal reasoning for perception foundation models
- Improve perception generalization in long-tail autonomous driving scenarios
- Publish large-scale experiment findings at top-tier AI/CV conferences
Ideal candidate
PhD researcher passionate about visual reasoning and autonomous driving, eager to tackle open long-tail perception problems and share discoveries with the research community.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Electrical Engineering or a related technical field
- Hands-on experience and strong publications in perception and/or LLM/VLM
- Knowledge of pre-training and post-training of large foundation models
- Strong Python coding skills with expertise in modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow)
- hiring process
- Resumes accepted on a rolling basis until filled; apply individually to top 3 roles if interested in 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
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