Waymo · 11 hours ago
ML Accelerator Architect
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$170K/yr - $216K/yr
3+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. In this role, you will analyze workloads, architect machine learning solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize hardware and software for autonomous vehicles.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Analyze workloads and map them efficiently to hardware, proposing novel HW-friendly implementations and projecting performance
Architect, simulate and design amazing machine learning solutions for our autonomous driving technology
Work closely with compiler and model developers to influence engineering trade-offs and future model architectures
Build scalable tools for simulator modeling and performance evaluation
Interact with cross-functional engineering teams to identify opportunities and requirements
Qualification
Required
BS degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or similar relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
3+ years on designing/architecting complex, high performance architectures - CPUs, GPUs and/or ML accelerators - in the industry or through doctoral research
1+ years experience with machine learning architectures, acceleration and model optimization
Strong C++ programming and algorithmic problem solving skills
Preferred
1+ years modeling high performance architectures in cycle-aware simulators
Track record of analyzing workloads and architecting, delivering novel HW+SW solutions to vastly improve performance, efficiency
Familiarity with ML model architectures and their compute characteristics (bottlenecks, optimization opportunities)
Experience with microarchitecture design (SystemVerilog or HLS)
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
Annabel Chang
Head of State Policy & Government Relations
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