Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception LLM/VLM
Waymo · Mountain View, CA USA; San Francisco, CA USA; · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
CHECKED 7H AGO
Roboticsonsitesenior$204k–$259k
At a glance
Highlights
- Develop VLM foundation models that perceive the world around autonomous vehicles.
- Design continual pre-training pipelines integrating diverse multimodal sensor data.
- Translate cutting-edge LLM and continual learning research into production systems.
What they offer
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
Ideal candidate
Experienced ML researcher-engineer passionate about foundation models and autonomous driving, who thrives turning latest VLM research into robust real-world perception and learning continuously from large-scale real data.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning, with a focus on large-scale model development (LLM, VLM, or similar foundation models)
- Proven expertise in LLM/VLM pre-training, continual learning with large scale datasets
- Strong coding proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., Jax, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
- Hands-on experience with model training, evaluation, and deployment in a production environment
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
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