Waymo · 3 months ago
2026 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Multimodal Large Language Models
Mountain View, CA, USA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$60.10/hr - $60.10/hr
Start in 2026 SummerWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company aiming to be the world's most trusted driver. They are seeking a PhD intern to develop machine learning solutions for autonomous driving, focusing on framing AI problems and applying cutting-edge ML approaches.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Frame open-ended, real-world problems into well-defined AI problems
Develop and apply cutting-edge ML approaches to these problems
Scale your methods to Alphabet-sized data and potentially streamline them to run in real-time on cars
Aim to publish findings in academic conferences and journals
Qualification
Required
Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a similar technical field of study
Experience solving problems using cutting-edge AI tech stacks
Ability to collaborate within and across teams
Strong experience programming in Python and deep learning frameworks such as JAX and/or PyTorch
Preferred
Strong track record of high quality ML research, for example, demonstrated by conference publications in venues such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, CoRL, etc
Experience specifically with pre-training and/or post-training LLMs, agentic AI, computer vision, or representation learning
Benefits
Competitive compensation packages with a housing/relocation bonus (if applicable)
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Fun intern events and networking opportunities
Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
Free access to Google shuttles
Onsite gym
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.
Founded in 2009
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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