Staff Research Scientist, Foundation Models Recipes

Highlights

• Own the data recipe for Waymo's Foundation Model pre-training and post-training.
• Build a data flywheel from Waymo's massive driving data to power autonomy.
• Drive scaling ladders, data-mix optimization and RL recipes for post-training.

What they offer

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 20 days vacation plus holidays and sick time
• 28-30 weeks maternity leave and 18 weeks baby bonding leave
• Annual bonus program and equity incentive plan

Ideal candidate

Data-centric researcher who thrives owning foundation-model recipes from idea to impact. You love rigorous experimentation, long-tail mining, and tech-leading teams to advance safe autonomy.

Requirements

• PhD or Masters in CS, ML, Robotics or similar with 3+ years industry or post-doc experience
• Record of original contributions via high-impact publications, blogs or open-source
• Deep knowledge of ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX or TensorFlow