2025 Summer Intern, PhD, Software Engineering, Machine Learning

Posted:
12/19/2024, 10:12:31 AM

Location(s):
Mountain View, California, United States ⋅ California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Internship

Field(s):
AI & Machine Learning ⋅ Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!

You will:

  • Build Foundation models on our driving data and use models for downstream tasks

You have:

  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, with a focus on machine learning, artificial intelligence, or data science.
  • Data science background - basic stats, precision/recall analysis
  • Python

We prefer:

  • C++
  • LLM and ML experience:
  • Transformers
  • Model training and hillclimbing
  • Model finetuning

Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.

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The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
Hourly PhD Pay
$60.10$60.10 USD