Waymo · 1 month ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception, Semantics
Kirkland, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$204K/yr - $259K/yr
4+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The role involves developing state-of-the-art ML models for understanding complex scenes and owning the end-to-end ML pipeline to enhance the safety and efficiency of autonomous vehicles.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop state-of-the-art ML models to understand complex and dynamic scenes, enabling our vehicles to navigate challenges like varied traffic controls, pedestrian and cyclist interactions, construction zones, emergency scenes, and/or mapless driving
Own the end-to-end ML pipeline, from data mining and labeling to training and deployment of models
Qualification
Required
4+ years of experience in Machine Learning, with a strong focus on computer vision and/or deep learning for perception tasks
Deep understanding of state-of-the-art ML techniques for object classification, detection, tracking, pose estimation, and/or action recognition
Proficiency in at least one major deep learning framework (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX)
Preferred
PhD degree in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience
Experience with multi-modal perception systems (e.g., combining camera, lidar, radar data)
Familiarity with foundation models and techniques for model adaptation (e.g., few-shot learning, transfer learning, domain adaptation)
Experience in optimizing ML models for on-device deployment and real-time performance
Background in autonomous driving, robotics, or a related safety-critical domain
Publications in top-tier ML/CV conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV)
Benefits
Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program
Company
Waymo
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.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.1BKey Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
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