Waymo · 1 day ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Sensor Validation
Kirkland, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$204K/yr - $259K/yr
5+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Senior Machine Learning Engineer will develop and implement advanced sensor validation algorithms and work closely with hardware and perception teams to enhance the functionality of the Waymo Driver.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop and implement state-of-the-art sensor validation algorithms for analyzing the health of our sensor suites
Implement onboard fault detection, isolation, and recovery solutions using cutting edge ML approaches
Work on sensor fusion algorithms that scale for heterogeneous sensor and multi-platform systems
Develop a data flywheel approach to automatically scale sensor validation approaches
Work with in-house hardware and perception teams on novel sensing modalities and next-generation perception solutions
Qualification
Required
MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics or equivalent industry experience
5+ years of experience in Machine Learning, with a strong focus on deep learning for perception tasks
Deep understanding of multiple sensing modality principles to work with laser, radar, and image products
Strong C++ skills and ability to write high quality production level code
Experience with Python
Experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX
Familiarity with machine learning techniques applied to sensor fusion, sensor calibration, or positioning problems
Preferred
PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Math, Physics or equivalent industry experience
Experience developing and using tools for large-scale data analysis and visualization (e.g., SQL, Python with libraries like NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib)
Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI
Experience in the autonomous vehicle (AV) or robotics industry, particularly with real-time on-device perception systems
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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