Foundation Model ML Engineer for Embodied AI — Hybrid

Waymo; Kirkland (WA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo in Kirkland, WA is seeking aSenior Research Scientist to advance robotics and machine learning for embodied AI. You will collaborate across teams to deploy innovative technology in production and work with cutting-edge Foundation Models to push the boundaries of autonomous driving.

This hybrid role reports to a Senior Research Scientist and emphasizes data-driven model development and scalable evaluation.

Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Familiarity with PyTorch, JAX or TensorFlow.
• Previous industrial or research ML model recipe development experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and extend cutting-edge research in robotics and ML for advanced embodied AI.
• Collaborate across teams to land innovative tech in production.
• Work with state-of-the-art Foundation Models.
• Drive model development via data, evaluation, and systems.
• Build and extend large-scale data and evaluation pipelines.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Distributed pipelines

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or equivalent

Tools

Distributed data pipelines

Job description

Waymo in Kirkland, WA is seeking aSenior Research Scientist to advance robotics and machine learning for embodied AI. You will collaborate across teams to deploy innovative technology in production and work with cutting-edge Foundation Models to push the boundaries of autonomous driving.

This hybrid role reports to a Senior Research Scientist and emphasizes data-driven model development and scalable evaluation.