Senior ML Engineer - AV Simulations & Foundation Models

Waymo LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 123,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity incentive

Generous company benefits

Job summary

The United States Digital Space LLC in London, UK, is hiring research engineers to advance ultra-realistic AV simulations using foundation models. This hybrid role reports to an Engineering Manager and sits within a world-class research team.

You will design experiments, develop realism metrics, train large models, and collaborate with Oxford teams. The position offers a base salary £123,000–£129,000 GBP, discretionary annual bonus, equity incentives, and generous benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in applied Deep Learning.
• 4+ years coding and design skills.
• Experience solving complex production problems with state-of-the-art ML.
• Experience taking research to production.
• Expertise in Data Analysis or Data Science.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a world class research engineering team to grow the state-of-the-art of ultra realistic AV simulations using foundation models.
• Collaborate with teams in Oxford to use large models to improve sim realism.
• Design experiments that push the frontiers of AV simulations.
• Develop metrics that measure the realism of simulated worlds.
• Train and evaluate large models and integrate them into the simulator and its downstream applications.
• Help hire outstanding research engineers from diverse backgrounds.
• Be a part of a collaborative research engineering team that takes research ideas and productionizes them.

Skills

Applied Deep Learning

Coding & Design

Production ML

Research to Production

Data Analysis/Data Science

Job description

The United States Digital Space LLC in London, UK, is hiring research engineers to advance ultra-realistic AV simulations using foundation models. This hybrid role reports to an Engineering Manager and sits within a world-class research team.

You will design experiments, develop realism metrics, train large models, and collaborate with Oxford teams. The position offers a base salary £123,000–£129,000 GBP, discretionary annual bonus, equity incentives, and generous benefits.