Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation

Waymo; Remote; GBP 180,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading autonomous driving technology firm in Greater London is seeking a leader for their research engineering team. The role involves advancing the state of AV simulations using foundation models and collaborating with renowned Machine Learning teams. Applicants should have experience in managing teams and applying deep learning techniques. The position offers a competitive salary range of £180,000—£194,000 GBP for remote roles, but specific location constraints may apply.

Qualifications

• Experience in building and managing research engineering teams, including hiring and mentoring.
• Strong background in applied Deep Learning.
• Experience in solving complex production problems using state-of-the-art ML techniques.

Responsibilities

• Help to build and lead a world-class research engineering team.
• Collaborate with Machine Learning teams to improve simulation realism.
• Design experiments that push the frontiers of AV simulations.
• Develop metrics to measure the realism of simulated worlds.
• Train and evaluate large models for integration into the simulator.

Skills

Building and managing research engineering teams

Applied Deep Learning

Strong coding and design skills

Solving complex production problems

Translating research to production

Job description

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's 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’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

You will

• Help to build and lead a world class research engineering team to advance the state of the art of ultra realistic AV simulations using foundation models
• Collaborate with Waymo Machine Learning teams in London and Oxford to and the Google DeepMind team in London to use large models to improve simulation 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

You have

• Experience in building and managing research engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring and line management
• Strong background and experience in applied Deep Learning
• Strong coding and design skills
• Experience in solving complex production problems using state of the art ML techniques
• Experience is talking research to production

We prefer

• Experience in autonomous vehicles
• Research experience

Remote jobs only - Please note that Waymo may not be able to employ remotely in all locations. Please speak with your recruiter about your preferred location for remote work when you begin the interview process.

Salary Range

£180,000—£194,000 GBP