Staff Data Scientist
Waymo · Mountain View, California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
CHECKED 7H AGO
Roboticsonsitestaff$238k–$302k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead initiatives measuring quality of Waymo Driver behavior evaluation portfolio.
- Improve testing methodologies powering 10M+ rider-only autonomous trips.
- Shape launch decisions by evaluating trade-offs in onboard software signals.
What they offer
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
Ideal candidate
A quantitative leader with deep statistical intuition who thrives in ambiguity and partners across engineering to drive rigorous, scalable evaluation for autonomous driving.
Requirements
- Degree in quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, or Physics
- PhD with 5+ years industry experience or 7+ years solving data science problems
- Expertise in applied advanced statistics like experimentation and causal inference
- Proficiency with data analysis in Python, R, and/or SQL
- Strong communication and leadership across organizations
- Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical solutions
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