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Waymo · 1 day ago

Senior Staff Data Scientist, TLM

positionMountain View, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$281K/yr - $356K/yr
date7+ years exp

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The role involves leading a specialized data science team to evaluate the behavioral performance of the Waymo Driver across new hardware platforms and territories, ensuring safety and quality standards are met.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
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Responsibilities

Lead a roadmap to develop efficient and opinionated evaluation of behavioral performance in any new territory and on any new vehicle platform. Ensure that this methodology can sustainably grow as Waymo’s deployment scope expands, while retaining the expected level of rigor and detail
Define and uphold a high bar for evaluation rigor. Be a gatekeeper ensuring that we can confidently rely on the evaluation signals informing early readiness decisions. Identify and work to resolve any gaps where current evaluation signals are not providing the necessary actionability for stakeholders
Develop and adapt our evaluation framework to accommodate a rapidly evolving collection of new territories and new hardware platforms
Leverage behavioral evaluation tools to provide rapid actionable feedback on behavioral performance in new territories and hardware platforms, playing a key role in the release readiness process. Communicate these findings to senior stakeholders
Collaborate with leads in product, engineering, and data science to align on roadmaps to unlock key Waymo deployment milestones and collaborate when there are codependencies. Be an opinionated partner informing roadmaps for onboard development work to unblock future expansions
Become an expert in the behavioral software underlying the Waymo Driver, including large-scale ML models, and act as an approver on behavioral software changes
Be an active technical contributor on the team, as well as a technical lead and/or manager to several data scientists. Frame and solve ambiguous problems by scoping technical priorities and innovating on statistical methods. Champion data science excellence and provide constructive technical feedback within the team and across Waymo

Qualification

Statistical methodsData analysis librariesMachine Learning modelsTechnical lead experienceData science projectsCollaboration skillsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skills

Required

Degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Physics)
Either a PhD in a quantitative field and 7+ years of industry experience, or 9+ years of industry experience solving data science problems
Experience as the technical lead for a broad data science area
Expertise using advanced statistical methods in an applied setting; familiarity with ML systems/models
Demonstrated knowledge of data analysis libraries and packages in Python, R, and/or SQL

Preferred

PhD in a quantitative field
A demonstrated track record of independently driving data science projects to deliver business value
Experience solving problems related to Autonomous Driving or Ride Hailing
Experience with large-scale evaluation frameworks for software development
Experience in adjacent relevant areas like Advanced Machine Learning (Deep Learning and Diffusion models), Traffic Modeling, Safety Evaluation or Prediction

Benefits

Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program

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

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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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