Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York City, NY, USA · Kirkland (US-KIR-6THD) · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · New York City (US-NYC-CHEL) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
CHECKED 7H AGO
Roboticsonsitesenior$204k–$259k
At a glance
Highlights
- Advance Foundation World Model post-training for autonomous driving.
- Develop RL and distillation for vehicle trajectory planning.
- Build the Waymo Driver behind 10M+ rider-only trips.
What they offer
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- 20 days vacation per year plus 13 paid holidays
- 28-30 weeks maternity leave and 18 weeks baby bonding leave
- Discretionary annual bonus and equity incentive plan
Ideal candidate
Research-driven ML scientist with deep curiosity for RL and world modeling who publishes original work and enjoys turning emerging ideas into robust real-world autonomy.
Requirements
- PhD or Masters in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics or similar with 3+ years in RL or Foundation Models
- Demonstrated original contributions via high-impact publications, blog posts or open-source
- Proficiency implementing scalable distributed training such as data parallel, FSDP and sharding
- Willingness to work with globally distributed inference infrastructure
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