Waabi · 1 month ago
Research Scientist, World Models
San Francisco County, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$155K/yr - $269K/yrWaabi is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. As a Research Scientist in World Models, you will develop algorithms for World Simulation models that can reason about complex, dynamic 4D environments with minimal supervision, directly impacting Waabi World’s capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Conduct fundamental and applied research in generative and predictive world-modeling (e.g., latent diffusion, video generation models, 3D Gaussian splatting, NeRF) on multi-sensor multi-modal data of driving scenes
Collaborate with simulation engineers to integrate models into large-scale, distributed training and rendering pipelines
Publish high-impact research at top conferences (CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICRA, SIGGRAPH)
Mentor junior scientists and interns; foster a culture of scientific rigor and rapid experimentation
Stay on top of emerging advances in generative AI, differentiable rendering, knowledge distillation/compression, and robotics
Qualification
Required
You have a Ph.D. in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field or equivalent research experience pushing the boundaries of a technical field
You have expert-level Python & PyTorch (or JAX) skills; strong software-engineering fundamentals and experience with distributed training
You have built generative or predictive models of the physical world with scale and efficiency in mind for real-world applications
You have worked in a close-knit team of researchers and engineers and have strong communication to deliver successful projects
Preferred
Proven ability to translate research into production-quality code and measurable product impact
Demonstrated publications (first-author) in top-tier venues on topics such as world models, generative simulation, video prediction, NeRF/3DGS, diffusion, flow-matching, or foundation models for autonomy
Benefits
Competitive compensation and equity awards.
Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
Unlimited Vacation.
Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
Company
Waabi
Waabi is pioneering Physical AI starting with autonomous trucking.
Founded in 2021
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$283.04MKey Investors
Volvo Group Venture CapitalKhosla Ventures
2024-06-18Series B· $200.48M
2023-01-18Series Unknown
2021-06-08Series A· $82.55M
Leadership Team
Raquel Urtasun
Founder & CEO
Lior Ron
COO
Recent News
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