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Waymo · 2 hours ago

2026 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer, Simulation

Mountain View, CA, USA

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

$70/hr - $70/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. They are seeking a Summer Intern in Software Engineering to work on sim realism evaluation methods, design novel methods for quantifying simulation realism, and integrate these methods with internal simulation tooling.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Studying and surveying existing sim realism eval methods at Waymo and in literature

Designing novel methods for quantifying the realism of simulations

Implementing the new methods, running experiments, and comparing the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches on Waymo datasets

Productionizing the new methods and integrating it with Waymo internal simulation tooling

Qualification

PythonSQLMachine LearningC++Simulation SystemsCS FundamentalsInternship Experience

Required

Progressing towards a Masters or PhD Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with a graduation date in late 2026 or 2027

Solid skills in CS fundamentals or math

Experience in evaluating machine learning models or data-driven systems

Familiarity with SQL, Python/C++

Preferred

Previous internship experience

Experience with simulation systems or its evaluation

Benefits

Participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs

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.

Founded in 2009

Mountain View, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://waymo.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (231)

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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

Tekedra Mawakana

Co-Chief Executive Officer

Annabel Chang

Head of State Policy & Government Relations

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