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Senior Data Scientist

Waymo · Mountain View, California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)

CHECKED 7H AGO

Roboticsonsitesenior$204k–$259k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Develop evaluation frameworks for autonomous vehicle performance at scale.
  • Leverage on-road data and state-of-the-art simulation for safety metrics.
  • Drive deployment readiness for the Waymo Driver ride-hail service.

What they offer

  • Discretionary annual bonus program
  • Equity incentive plan
  • Generous Company benefits program

Ideal candidate

A quantitative problem-solver with deep statistical intuition who thrives on ambiguity and wants to shape safe autonomous driving through rigorous evaluation and collaboration with engineering.

Requirements

  • Degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, or Physics
  • 5+ years of industry experience solving data science problems, or PhD with 3+ years of industry experience
  • Expertise using advanced statistical methods in an applied setting and familiarity with ML systems/models
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Python, SQL, and R data analysis libraries and packages
  • PhD in a quantitative field (preferred)
  • Track record of independently driving data science projects to deliver business value (preferred)
  • Experience solving Autonomous Driving or Ride Hailing problems (preferred)
  • Experience in Advanced ML, Traffic Modeling, Safety Evaluation or Prediction (preferred)

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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