2024 Intern, PhD, Planning/Behavior Prediction

Key Skills

Deep Learning, GANs, Generative AI, JAX framework, NeurIPS, Python Programming, PyTorch, TensorFlow

Job Description

Waymo interns work alongside leaders in the industry on projects that deliver significant impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: leveraging 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!

In this Internship you will:

• Build reliable and generalizable deep learning models for the self-driving vehicles, ensuring that the behavior of our vehicles is safe, smooth, predictable to other road users
• Build robust solutions to cutting-edge driving problems
• Improve how our vehicles act and react in complex and nuanced situations
• Grow a fundamental understanding of the next driving challenges by analyzing real-world logs collected on our state-of-the-art fleet

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD student in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in deep learning research and tools such as TensorFlow or Pytorch.
• Software design and development experience in Python and C++

Preferred Qualifications:

• Publications in top ML conferences such as NeurIPS/ICML/CVPR.
• Experience in applying ML to behavior modeling (e.g. Imitation Learning, Behavior Prediction, Reinforcement Learning)
• Knowledge of a wide variety of deep learning models and designs.

• Previous ML/SWE internships on large-scale deep learning models and systems.

The expected base salary for this full-time position is listed below. The salary will be prorated based on the number of weeks you are employed as an intern. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.

PhD Pay

$125,000—$125,000 USD

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Saving Account (HSA), on-site physicians and/or nurses in some locations, and special wellness programs.