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Waymo · 5 days ago

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$238K/yr - $302K/yr
date4+ years exp

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. They are seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to develop ML models that assess autonomous vehicle behavior and build ML infrastructure to support these models.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
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Responsibilities

Develop ML models that assess our autonomous vehicle's behavior
Develop ML infrastructure to support performant models
Collaborate across teams to bring state-of-the-art to production

Qualification

Productionized ML modelsPythonC++Deep LearningReinforcement learningLarge scale dataModel quality improvementCollaboration

Required

BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area, or equivalent work experience
4+ years of experience building productionized ML models
Code and design skills: comfort building production systems (Python / C++)
Background in applied Deep Learning
A track record in improving model quality

Preferred

6+ years of experience building productionized ML models
Experience in reinforcement learning, transfer learning, or learning
Experience with large scale data and models

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

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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

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Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
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