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Waymo · 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning, Planner Selection

positionMountain View, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$238K/yr - $302K/yr
date8+ years exp

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. In this role, you will investigate driving behavior issues, improve ML models, and develop frameworks to enhance the Waymo Driver's capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
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Responsibilities

Investigate driving behavior issues from logs and understand the root cause
Improve performance of the state of the art ML models in Planner
Develop foundational frameworks that help advancement of the Waymo Driver's capabilities
Expand the impact of ML models while preserving interpretability and behavioral guarantees
Directly contribute to solving some of the most challenging driving situations in the long tail

Qualification

Machine LearningC++PythonAV experienceRobotics experienceSoftware Engineering

Required

Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a similar discipline
Proficiency in C++ or Python
Experience with Machine Learning models in production systems

Preferred

AV or Robotics experience
8+ years of Software Engineering experience in complex systems

Benefits

Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program

Company

Waymo

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Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
dateFounded in 2009
location
Mountain View, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://waymo.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$11.1B
Key Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M

Leadership Team

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Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
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