Autonomous Driving Data Scientist — Metrics & Evaluation

Neura Market; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity incentives

Benefits program

Job summary

Waymo is seeking experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to help improve onboard software evaluation for the Waymo Driver stack. The role focuses on measuring performance, building metrics, and handling real and simulated data to drive decisions.

You will develop frameworks and novel statistical methods, interpret data trends, and communicate insights to stakeholders, with opportunities across product and simulation domains.

Qualifications

• Degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics or Physics.
• 3+ years of industry experience solving data science problems or a PhD in a quantitative field.
• Expertise with advanced statistical methods in applied settings; familiarity with ML systems/models.
• Proficiency in Python/SQL/R data analysis libraries and packages.
• Writing, reviewing, and merging code following industry standards for health and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Develop evaluation frameworks for autonomous vehicle performance, large-scale ML models, and simulation quality.
• Develop new metrics, interpret trends, and investigate anomalies in data from simulation and on-road driving.
• Develop novel statistical methods to handle unique AV data; e.g., rate estimation with rare events, combining real and synthetic data.
• Frame and solve ambiguous problems, derive data-driven conclusions, and communicate findings to senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams developing Waymo Driver and Waymo’s simulation software; support deployment readiness decisions.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Statistics

Data analysis

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

ML systems

Data analysis libraries

Job description

Waymo is seeking experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to help improve onboard software evaluation for the Waymo Driver stack. The role focuses on measuring performance, building metrics, and handling real and simulated data to drive decisions.

You will develop frameworks and novel statistical methods, interpret data trends, and communicate insights to stakeholders, with opportunities across product and simulation domains.