Autonomous Driving ML Engineer Intern

Waymo LLC; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo LLC in Mountain View, CA, is offering a hybrid on-site internship for aspiring software engineers and researchers focusing on machine learning for autonomous driving. You will design and build ML models, train pipelines, benchmark performance, and collaborate with research mentors and engineers to prepare insights for deployment.

We seek candidates pursuing a Master’s or PhD in CS, Robotics or related fields, with strong Python and DL framework experience (PyTorch/JAX/TF), plus familiarity

Qualifications

• Pursuing Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or related field.
• Strong Python programming skills and experience with modern DL frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow).
• Hands-on experience designing, training and debugging DL architectures for CV/3D perception or GNNs.
• Solid knowledge of 2D/3D geometry, coordinate transforms, and relational reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Design and build ML models for autonomous driving tasks (e.g., lane geometry, topology decoding).
• Set up data pipelines and train neural networks across sensor modalities and map priors.
• Benchmark model accuracy and topology on complex scenarios; analyze failures and iterate.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to package insights for deployment.

Skills

Python

Deep learning

Machine learning

3D perception

2D/3D geometry

Publications experience

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/Robotics/EE/ML

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Job description

Waymo LLC in Mountain View, CA, is offering a hybrid on-site internship for aspiring software engineers and researchers focusing on machine learning for autonomous driving. You will design and build ML models, train pipelines, benchmark performance, and collaborate with research mentors and engineers to prepare insights for deployment.

We seek candidates pursuing a Master’s or PhD in CS, Robotics or related fields, with strong Python and DL framework experience (PyTorch/JAX/TF), plus familiarity