Research Scientist, Map Scalability
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, U.S.A ; San Francisco, CA, U.S.A ; New York City, NY, U.S.A · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · New York City (US-NYC-CHEL) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
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Roboticsonsite$213k–$263k
At a glance
Highlights
- Develop ML solutions to safely operate autonomous vehicles in dozens of cities.
- Prototype and scale world-understanding research using internal driving data.
- Collaborate across Waymo and Alphabet teams to productionize research.
What they offer
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous company benefits program
Ideal candidate
A curious researcher with graduate training who loves tackling open autonomy problems, rapidly prototyping ideas, and collaborating to bring research to real-world driving.
Requirements
- Master's or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning or similar discipline
- 1-3+ years of experience in a related field
- Expert in foundational VLMs, computer vision or learning-based 3D reconstruction (3DGS, NeRF)
- Strong ML software engineering skills in Python/C++ with rapid prototyping ability
- Familiarity with major ML frameworks (JAX, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
- Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR/ICCV/ECCV/ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS/IROS/CoRL
- Hands-on experience productionizing and scaling ML solutions beyond research
- Fundamentals in 3D vision and/or computer graphics
- Domain experience in autonomous vehicle or simulation space
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