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Senior/Staff ML Engineer, 3D/4D World Modeling, Simulation

Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)

CHECKED 6H AGO

Roboticsonsitesenior/staff$213k–$263k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build ultra-realistic controllable virtual worlds to test the Waymo Driver.
  • Model full sensor suite and traffic to validate autonomous ride-hail service.
  • Partner with world-class research teams across Waymo and Alphabet.

What they offer

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

Ideal candidate

Experienced ML builder passionate about photorealistic simulation and autonomous driving, eager to turn frontier research into production and mentor teammates.

Requirements

  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in ML engineering and applied deep learning with shipped products or publications
  • Proven experience developing and training large-scale generative video models or Vision Language Models
  • Deep expertise in 3D world modeling or 3D computer vision
  • Familiarity with 3D reconstruction and rendering techniques (e.g., 3D Gaussian Splatting)
  • Strong Python programming skills and experience with JAX/Flax, PyTorch or TensorFlow

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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