Waymo · 2 weeks ago
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Perception, Sensor Pipelines
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$238K/yr - $302K/yr
8+ years expWaymo 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 lead the development of data platforms for large-scale evaluation of their systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable data-driven decision-making and support rapid iteration in their autonomous driving technology.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
TL the team to build data platforms for large-scale evaluation of the systems. Create data sets, recipes for human and machine labeling, methods and recipes for continuous logging, data intake, selection and incremental updates of models, stream eval data set curation, sampling & slicing, enable data-driven decision making, develop methods for logging, data mining and recipes for automated data collection/model update flywheels
Define long-term strategy, develop roadmaps, and guide the team to execute projects from ambiguous requirements to high-impact deliverables
Collaborate with team members in understanding their data needs & build infra solutions that solve their problems. Collaborate with the eval team to enable smooth, robust and efficient evaluation on top of the data platform
Collaborate cross-team, exercise complete end-to-end ownership in delivering a robust and adaptable data platform jointly w/ collaborating teams. This platform will be capable of supporting rapid iteration and meeting the demanding timelines associated with Waymo's city expansions, enabling proactive problem-solving
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience
8+ years of experience designing and building complex, scalable systems
Demonstrated technical leadership in defining long-term strategy, developing roadmaps, and guiding teams to execute projects from ambiguous requirements to high-impact deliverables
Demonstrated ability to work effectively across diverse teams and communicate technical concepts clearly
Deep expertise in the evaluation of Machine Learning systems at scale, encompassing metrics design, rigorous experimentation, large-scale data analysis, and statistical methods
Excellent problem-solving skills, clear technical communication, and a strong sense of end-to-end ownership
Preferred
Master's or PhD in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience
Familiarity with autonomous vehicle systems, particularly Perception, including typical data pipelines and evaluation processes
Hands-on experience with data analysis, visualization, and triage tools & workflows, with a knack for identifying improvement areas
Experience in designing and implementing efficient data processing workflows for large datasets
Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI
Experience with C++
Benefits
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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