Waymo · 14 hours ago
Machine Learning Engineer/Researcher, Map Scalability
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$170K/yr - $216K/yr
1+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The role involves solving research problems related to world understanding and scaling machine learning solutions in collaboration with engineering teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Solve fundamental and applied research problems related to world understanding using VLMs, generative modeling and 3D reconstruction at large scale
Prototype and iterate on various research ideas using Waymo's internal driving data
Scale and productionize world understanding solutions in collaboration with engineering teams across Waymo
Present research findings to a wide audience within Waymo and Alphabet, with the possibility of publishing results to the research community
Qualification
Required
Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, or in a similar discipline
1-3+ years of experience in a related field
Expert in either Foundational VLMs, Computer Vision or learning-based 3D reconstruction methods (3DGS, NeRF)
Strong ML software engineering skills in Python/C++ with an ability to rapidly prototype solutions
Familiarity with major ML Frameworks (JAX, Tensorflow, Pytorch)
Preferred
Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR/ICCV/ECCV/ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS/IROS/CoRL etc
Hands-on experience productionizing and scaling ML solutions beyond the research stage
Fundamentals in 3D vision and/or computer graphics
Domain experience in the autonomous vehicle or simulation space
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
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$27.1BKey Investors
Dragoneer Investment Group,DST Global,Sequoia CapitalAlphabetFidelity,Perry Creek Capital,T. Rowe Price
2026-02-02Series D· $16B
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Annabel Chang
Head of State Policy & Government Relations
Recent News
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