Staff Research Scientist, Perception
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA ; San Francisco, CA, USA ; Kirkland, WA, USA ; New York City, NY, USA · Kirkland (US-KIR-6THD) · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF690) · New York City (US-NYC-CHEL) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
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Roboticsonsitestaff$251k–$310k
At a glance
Highlights
- Research multimodal LLMs and world models for 3D perception.
- Power the Waymo Driver behind 10M+ rider-only trips.
- Collaborate with Alphabet teams on open autonomous driving problems.
What they offer
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- 20 days vacation per year plus sick time and 13 holidays
- 28-30 weeks maternity leave and 18 weeks baby bonding leave
- Discretionary annual bonus and equity incentive plan
Ideal candidate
A curious ML researcher with a strong publication record who loves tackling open autonomous driving challenges and turning breakthroughs into real-world impact.
Requirements
- PhD or Masters in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics or related field with 4+ years experience
- Track record of original contributions via top-tier publications, blog posts or open-source
- Proficient in scalable distributed model training with Data Parallel, FSDP and sharding
- Willing to work with globally distributed inference infrastructure
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