Senior Machine Learning Research Scientist - Autonomous Driving

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the most reliable driver in the world. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, we are committed to enhancing mobility access and preventing traffic-related fatalities. Our innovative Waymo Driver has successfully completed over ten million rider-only trips, leveraging extensive real-world experience with over 100 million miles driven autonomously and billions of miles simulated across more than 15 states.The Simulator Team at Waymo specializes in crafting advanced simulations that replicate realistic environments for the testing and training of the Waymo Driver. Comprising a diverse group of software engineers, machine learning experts, and data scientists, our team is focused on developing leading-edge simulation technologies powered by sophisticated ML algorithms to optimize the performance of the Waymo Driver. Our efforts include modeling real-world scenarios with realistic entities such as vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, traffic systems, and various weather conditions.To enhance the realism and control of our simulations, we utilize state-of-the-art ML technologies, including large foundational World Models trained on our proprietary datasets and reinforcement learning techniques for long-term decision-making. We also invest in robust infrastructure that enables rapid setup and execution of multiple counterfactual scenarios for thorough testing of our autonomous driving systems.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager.

Waymo is a pioneering technology company focused on autonomous driving, aiming to become the world’s most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, we have dedicated ourselves to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and significantly reduce traffic-related fatalities. Our technology powers a fully autonomous ride-hailing service and can be integrated across various vehicle platforms and applications. The Waymo Driver has successfully completed over ten million rider-only trips, leveraging experience from over 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads and billions more in simulation across more than 15 U.S. states.Our Software Engineering team designs the intelligent systems behind Waymo’s autonomous driving capabilities. Our software enables the Waymo Driver to sense its surroundings, make informed decisions, and transport passengers safely. We tackle intricate technical challenges in robotics, perception, decision-making, and deep learning, collaborating closely with hardware and systems engineers. If you are a passionate software engineer or researcher with curiosity for Level 4 autonomous driving, we want to connect with you.In this hybrid position, you will report to the Technical Lead Manager.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world’s most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been relentlessly focused on creating the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and prevent traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver is the driving force behind our fully autonomous ride-hail service, optimized for various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, alongside tens of billions of simulated miles across 15+ U.S. states, Waymo is redefining transportation.The ML Platform team at Waymo plays a critical role by offering a suite of tools that facilitate and automate the entire machine learning workflow lifecycle, including feature and experiment management, model development, optimization, and monitoring. Our initiatives have made machine learning more accessible across diverse teams at Waymo, including Perception, Planner, Research, and Simulation.We are seeking talented engineers with expertise in machine learning software or systems to enhance compute performance both in the cloud and on vehicles. You'll engage with the entire ML stack from a systems perspective, tackling challenges such as efficient deep learning models, model compression, and improving ML software (e.g., JAX, XLA, Triton, and CUDA). This hybrid position reports directly to the Senior Manager of Runtime and Optimization.

Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, is dedicated to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our focus has been on creating the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and prevent traffic-related fatalities. With our Waymo Driver, we have powered a fully autonomous ride-hail service, achieving over ten million rider-only trips and accumulating experience from over 100 million miles driven on public roads and tens of billions of miles in simulation across more than 15 U.S. states.The Waymo AI Foundations team is on a mission to create machine learning solutions that address critical challenges in autonomous driving, aiming to operate Waymo vehicles safely across numerous cities and under various driving conditions. We actively engage in collaborative efforts with other research teams within Alphabet, focusing on areas such as reinforcement learning, learning from demonstrations, generative modeling, Bayesian inference, hierarchical learning, and robust evaluation.This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Senior Staff Software Engineer.

Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, is dedicated to becoming the world’s most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has developed the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and drastically reduce traffic-related fatalities. With over ten million rider-only trips and the ability to autonomously navigate more than 100 million miles on public roads, Waymo is transforming transportation across 15+ U.S. states.The Waymo Mapping team aims to create a high-resolution map of the world to facilitate safe autonomous driving. We employ both automated and manual mapping techniques and develop the necessary infrastructure to store, process, and distribute our maps. Our team collaborates with several other departments within Waymo that utilize map data.In this role, you will:Design, train, and deploy machine learning models that automate the creation of Waymo's HD maps, allowing for scalability in the Waymo Driver.Utilize and advance cutting-edge ML techniques, including Vision-Language Models (VLMs) and Generative AI, to innovate in mapping automation.Manage the entire model development lifecycle, from data mining and processing to model training, evaluation, validation, and production.Work closely with partner ML teams, such as Waymo Perception and Waymo AI Foundations, to implement pioneering research into scalable, reliable, production-ready solutions.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the most trusted driver in the world. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has made significant strides in developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility and save lives lost in traffic accidents. Our technology powers a fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, our experience is unmatched.As part of the DUE ML Core team, you will play a pivotal role in building and managing scalable machine learning and data systems, refining simulation workflows, and enhancing developer onboarding experiences. This position combines expert human insight with cutting-edge machine learning models to produce training and evaluation data for a multitude of metrics and components integral to the Waymo Driver. We seek passionate researchers and software engineers eager to advance machine learning methodologies for our autonomous vehicle evaluation systems and continuously improve the performance of our technological framework.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, we have focused on developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—aimed at enhancing mobility access and significantly reducing traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service and is adaptable to various vehicle platforms and use cases. With over ten million rides completed, our technology has autonomously driven more than 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions of miles in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.The Predictive Planning team (PrePlan) is responsible for crafting and implementing cutting-edge machine learning solutions that forecast future scenarios and dictate the Waymo Driver's actions. Our goal is to harness Waymo’s vast driving data to create robust, generalizable, and high-performing deep neural networks, allowing our autonomous vehicles to navigate intricate environments safely and efficiently.In this hybrid role, you will collaborate closely with our PrePlan team under the guidance of a dedicated manager, with the team assignment occurring post-on-site interviews.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, striving to become the world’s most reliable driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our mission has been to develop the Waymo Driver—the world's most experienced driver—to enhance mobility access and save countless lives lost to traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service and can be adapted to various vehicle platforms and product applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, along with tens of billions of miles simulated across more than 15 U.S. states, we are redefining transportation.The Perception team is dedicated to building systems that learn the spatial-temporal representations and semantic meanings of the environment around the autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). We collaborate closely with downstream teams to optimize and integrate these systems into the Waymo Driver. Our research tackles real-world challenges and involves collaboration with Alphabet’s research teams. With access to millions of miles of diverse driving data from various sensors, our engineers develop methods for efficient and continuous learning from large-scale real-world data, model training at scale, real-world behavior analysis, and optimizing models for both onboard and offboard hardware.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Technical Lead Manager.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Established in 2009 as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, Waymo has developed the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—aimed at enhancing mobility access and saving countless lives from traffic-related accidents. Our technology empowers a fully autonomous ride-hail service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and product applications. With over ten million rider-only trips facilitated by the Waymo Driver and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, we are paving the way for safer transportation.The Perception team is responsible for developing systems that interpret the spatial-temporal representations and semantic meanings of the environment surrounding our autonomous vehicles. Our collaborative efforts with downstream teams focus on optimizing and integrating these systems within the Waymo Driver. We engage in innovative research to tackle real-world challenges and work closely with research teams at Alphabet. Our engineers have access to extensive driving data from diverse sensors, allowing us to (1) create efficient learning methods from vast real-world datasets, (2) build and train models at scale, (3) analyze real-world behaviors, and (4) optimize models for both onboard and offboard hardware.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Technical Lead Manager.

Waymo, an innovator in autonomous driving technology, is dedicated to becoming the world's most reliable driver. Originating as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our focus has been on creating the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and prevent traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver supports our fully autonomous ride-hail service and can be integrated into various vehicle platforms for diverse applications. With over ten million rides provided and experience from driving more than 100 million miles on public roads combined with billions of miles in simulation across 15+ U.S. states, we’re at the forefront of a transportation revolution.The Perception team is responsible for developing systems that learn spatial-temporal representations and their semantic meanings within the autonomous vehicle's environment. Collaborating closely with other teams for optimization and integration into the Waymo Driver, we engage in research to tackle practical challenges and work with Alphabet's research teams. With access to millions of miles of diverse driving data, our engineers can (1) create methods for efficient and continuous learning from large-scale real-world data, (2) build and train models at scale, (3) analyze real-world behavior to manage complex interactions, and (4) optimize models for our onboard and offboard hardware.In this hybrid role, you will report directly to a Technical Lead Manager.

Waymo is an innovative leader in autonomous driving technology, dedicated to transforming mobility and enhancing safety on the roads. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our mission is to develop the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to significantly reduce traffic-related fatalities and improve accessibility to transportation. The Waymo Driver is the backbone of our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and use cases. To date, we have successfully completed over ten million trips and have driven autonomously for more than 100 million miles on public roads along with extensive simulation miles.The Waymo AI Foundations team is at the forefront of advancing machine learning solutions to tackle critical challenges in autonomous driving. Our objective is to ensure the safe operation of Waymo vehicles in diverse urban environments and under varying driving conditions. We actively collaborate with other research teams within Alphabet to drive innovation in areas such as reinforcement learning, generative modeling, and robust evaluation.This position offers a hybrid work schedule, and you will report directly to a Senior Staff Software Engineer.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world’s most trusted driver. Originating as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has tirelessly developed the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and save lives lost to traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and its technology can be adapted to a variety of vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips and extensive experience driving over 100 million miles on public roads, alongside tens of billions of miles in simulation across more than 15 U.S. states, our capabilities are unparalleled.The Perception team is integral to Waymo, developing the advanced technology that enables the Waymo Driver to accurately perceive its surroundings, make timely decisions, and ensure safe transportation for passengers. We are engaged in cutting-edge research that addresses tangible challenges and fosters collaboration with research teams at Alphabet. With access to vast amounts of driving data from diverse sensors, we empower machine learning practitioners to create multi-modal models and techniques on a grand scale.In this hybrid role, you will report directly to the Director of Engineering.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, aspiring to be the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, our focus has been on developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—aimed at enhancing mobility while significantly reducing traffic-related fatalities. Our autonomous driving technology powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hailing service, with the Waymo Driver having completed over ten million rider-only trips, leveraging its extensive experience of more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads and tens of billions of miles simulated across 15+ U.S. states.The Compute Team at Waymo is on a mission of critical importance. We are responsible for delivering the computing platform that operates our fully autonomous vehicle software stack. To meet this mission, we design high-performance custom silicon and develop system-level compute architectures that push the limits of performance, power efficiency, and latency. We collaborate closely across disciplines to ensure that our hardware and software designs achieve maximum efficiency and performance. We are seeking curious, talented individuals to join our multidisciplinary team to work on one of the highest performance automotive compute platforms in the world.This position follows a hybrid work model, and you will report directly to the Senior Staff Silicon Engineer.

Waymo is at the forefront of autonomous driving technology, striving to become the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo is dedicated to advancing the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility and save lives that are often lost to traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver not only powers our fully autonomous ride-hail service but is also adaptable across various vehicle platforms and use cases. With over ten million rider-only trips completed, our technology has driven autonomously for more than 100 million miles on public roads, supported by tens of billions of miles in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.Our Compute Team plays a pivotal role in delivering the compute platform that runs the software stack of fully autonomous vehicles. We specialize in designing high-performance custom silicon, developing cutting-edge system-level compute architectures that maximize performance, power efficiency, and minimize latency. Our multidisciplinary team thrives on collaboration, working closely with various engineering teams to ensure both hardware and software are optimized for peak performance. We are looking for passionate and talented individuals to join us in developing one of the highest-performing automotive compute platforms in the world.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Hardware Engineering Manager.

Waymo is a pioneering company in autonomous driving technology, committed to becoming the most reliable driver in the world. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has dedicated its efforts to developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—to enhance mobility access and significantly reduce traffic fatalities. The Waymo Driver is the backbone of our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable to various vehicle types and applications. With over ten million rides completed, the Waymo Driver has successfully navigated more than 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions of miles in simulations across 15+ U.S. states.The Software Engineering team at Waymo creates the intelligence behind our cutting-edge autonomous driving technology. Our software enables the Waymo Driver to accurately perceive its surroundings, make informed decisions, and transport passengers safely to their destinations. We tackle intricate technical challenges in robotics, perception, decision-making, and deep learning while collaborating closely with hardware and systems engineers. If you are an innovative software engineer or researcher passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we would love to connect with you.In the Sensor Health team within Perception, we ensure that our sensor systems operate flawlessly within the self-driving car framework. We are responsible for the calibration and constant monitoring of our sensors. As pioneers, we frequently process data from next-generation sensors integrated into advanced vehicle platforms and collaborate with hardware and software teams to guarantee optimal sensor data for our upstream customers. Our initiatives include developing sensor data alignment and calibration algorithms, enhancing our sensor health backend, and deploying our systems within the Waymo Driver and our logging infrastructure.

Waymo is an innovative leader in autonomous driving technology, dedicated to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has made significant strides in developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—aiming to enhance mobility access while preventing countless traffic-related fatalities. With over ten million rider-only trips and extensive autonomous driving experience across more than 100 million miles on public roads, Waymo continues to redefine transportation solutions in over 15 U.S. states.The Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops) team, a vital part of the Waymo ML Platform, is responsible for creating tools and infrastructure that facilitate the ML flywheel at Waymo. This team focuses on developing automation and orchestration solutions that streamline complex ML workflows and collaborates closely with the modeling team to enhance developer efficiency.We are seeking a skilled software engineer to join our team, responsible for building and maintaining critical data and ML pipelines that drive ML development at Waymo.In this hybrid role, you will report to a Technical Lead Manager, Staff Software Engineer.

Waymo, a leader in autonomous driving technology, is dedicated to becoming the world's most trusted driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has committed to developing the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—which not only enhances mobility access but also aims to save lives lost in traffic accidents. The Waymo Driver powers our fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and applications. With over ten million rider-only trips completed and more than 100 million miles driven autonomously on public roads, plus extensive simulation across 15+ U.S. states, Waymo is setting the standard for safety and innovation in transportation.In this hybrid role, you will report to the Sr. Staff Manager.

Waymo is a pioneering autonomous driving technology company dedicated to becoming the world’s most reliable driver. Originating from the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, we have concentrated on developing the Waymo Driver—The World’s Most Experienced Driver™—which aims to enhance mobility access and prevent traffic-related fatalities. The Waymo Driver supports Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hailing service and is adaptable across various vehicle platforms and product applications. Having completed over ten million rider-only trips, our technology has autonomously driven over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulations across more than 15 U.S. states.Our Semantics team is committed to producing the highest-fidelity and most comprehensive offboard perception autolabels at scale, serving as the cornerstone for training and validating our autonomous vehicle stack. We are an advanced ML and engineering team utilizing cutting-edge computer vision, deep learning, and generative AI technologies to automatically analyze driving logs, generate detailed scene understanding, and fuel the data engine that allows Waymo to scale safely and efficiently.In this hybrid role, you will report directly to a Technical Lead Manager.Your Responsibilities Will Include:Developing and training state-of-the-art computer vision and multimodal models (e.g., Gemini) to extract rich semantic information such as object attributes and scene properties essential for the AI agent.Designing and implementing a scalable AI agent framework that integrates large foundation models (e.g., Gemini) with outputs from our perception models and internal knowledge bases.Utilizing Fine-tuning and Reinforcement Learning (RL) techniques to establish a 'data flywheel' that continually enhances the system’s captioning and reasoning capabilities through automated feedback.Creating and prototyping innovative prompting strategies for Vision-Language Models (VLMs) to elicit complex causal reasoning related to driving scenarios.Collaborating closely with the ML Infrastructure, Perception, Behavior, and AI Foundation teams to define data requirements and integrate the captioning system into the broader ML development lifecycle.Taking ownership of the entire system lifecycle, from advanced model development and prototyping to production deployment and scaling for massive data generation.

About UsNuro is a pioneering self-driving technology firm committed to making autonomy accessible to everyone. Established in 2016, we are developing the world's most scalable autonomous driver by integrating advanced artificial intelligence with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its proprietary technology, the Nuro Driver™, for diverse applications including robotaxis, commercial fleets, and personal vehicles. With years of proven technology through self-driving deployments, we provide automakers and mobility platforms with a clear pathway to commercial-scale autonomous vehicles, fostering a safer, more interconnected future.Role OverviewAs a Staff ML Research Scientist, you will collaborate with our autonomy teams to tackle perception, prediction, and planning challenges using innovative machine learning techniques. Your expertise in foundation models, multi-modal LLMs, generative models, out-of-distribution detection, imitation learning, and reinforcement learning will be invaluable. If you are passionate about solving complex problems and eager to see your solutions implemented in real-world scenarios, we invite you to join our team!Key ResponsibilitiesConduct research and apply cutting-edge machine learning methodsAddress state-of-the-art challenges in perception, prediction, and planningDevelop and optimize efficient ML data pipelinesLead and mentor a diverse team of professionalsProduce and deploy autonomous software for public deployment