Data Scientist

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

Job summary

Waymo LLC, a leader in autonomous driving technology, seeks experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to improve evaluation of the Waymo Driver and simulation platforms. You will develop frameworks, metrics, and statistical methods to understand how changes affect safety and performance in real-world and simulated driving.

You will collaborate with Product and Engineering to interpret results, communicate insights to senior stakeholders, and help drive deployment readiness.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Statistics

Python/SQL/R

Code health/maintainability

ML familiarity

Data analysis

Education

Degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

SQL

R

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.

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.
The DUE Signal team works on one of the key challenges in autonomous driving: measuring and improving the quality of the software that drives the car. We are looking for experienced data-minded software engineers and data scientists to help us improve how we characterize and evaluate changes to the Onboard software stack (Planner, Perception, etc). If you are passionate about autonomous vehicles and how to use rich, complex data to drive decision making, this is the role for you!

You will:

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

You have:

• Degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Physics)
• 3+ years of industry experience solving data science problems or a PhD in a quantitative field
• Expertise using advanced statistical methods in an applied setting; familiarity with ML systems/models
• Demonstrated knowledge of Python/SQL/R data analysis libraries and packages
• Writing, reviewing, and merging code following industry standards for code health and maintainability

We prefer:

• Experience solving problems related to Autonomous Driving or Ride Hailing
• Experience building and validating metrics to measure quality in complex systems

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

$175,000—$215,000 USD