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Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Vision-Language Foundation Models

Waymo · Mountain View, California, United States · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)

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Roboticsonsitestaff$251k–$310k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build the cognitive engine for autonomous driving with Gemini-class VLMs.
  • Pioneer VLM data flywheel to autolabel edge cases at massive scale.
  • Advance multimodal pre-training and RL to unlock complex driving reasoning.

What they offer

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

Ideal candidate

A staff-level ML leader passionate about foundation model reasoning and autonomous driving, who thrives in ambiguity, sets long-term technical vision, and multiplies impact by mentoring senior engineers.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, ML or related technical field
  • 8+ years designing, training and scaling deep learning models with 3+ years on LLMs or VLMs
  • Proven expertise in foundation model lifecycle including pre-training data curation and post-training
  • Expert-level Python with PyTorch or JAX building reliable, scalable ML systems
  • Proven ability to define roadmaps and drive multi-quarter initiatives across teams in ambiguity

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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