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Waymo · 3 months ago

2026 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer, Learned Metrics

positionSan Francisco, CA, USA
timeInternship
remoteOnsite
seniorityIntern
money$70/hr - $70/hr
workcardStart in 2026 Summer

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. In this internship role, you will collaborate across teams to debug ML models and enhance their performance, contributing to the development of Waymo's reward model, which is crucial for scaling their autonomous driving technology.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
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Responsibilities

Debug an ML model's performance, understand why it is performing well in some areas but not in others
Add new features to a model, including modifying a data pipeline and the model architecture

Qualification

Deep learning frameworksPython programmingC++ programmingTraining ML modelsRobotics applicationsReinforcement learning

Required

Experience with at least 1 deep learning framework (Jax, Pytorch, Tensorflow, etc)
Strong Python programming
Experience training and debugging ML models in a research or industry context

Preferred

C++ Programming skills
Experience training RL agents, including
Experience with REINFORCE, PPO, or other RL algorithms
Learned rewards or other techniques beyond manual reward tuning
Experience applying ML to robotics applications

Benefits

Participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs

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

Waymo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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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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