Hybrid Research Scientist Intern: Foundation Models & RL

Waymo LLC; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits programs

Hybrid onsite internship

Job summary

Waymo LLC in Mountain View, CA, seeks a PhD candidate for a summer internship on the Critic Frontier / Applied Research Team. You will work with state-of-the-art foundation models and contribute to research that improves the Waymo Driver's thinking capabilities.

This hybrid onsite internship offers exposure to RL, LLM, VLM, and Python development, with a competitive hourly pay and benefits. Join a team that values rigorous research, reproducible results, and impactful autonomous driving

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a PhD program in CS, Robotics, EE, or a related quantitative field.
• Foundational ML knowledge (pre-LLM era).
• Expert knowledge on LLM, VLM, VLA.
• Strong software development experience in Python and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Work on the Critic Frontier / Applied Research Team projects.
• Tackle issues like shortcut learning and thinking mode in models.
• Prototype auto-researcher / RSI loop and related solutions.
• Aim to own a medium-to-large end-to-end research project.

Skills

Python

LLM

VLM

VLA

Foundational ML

Debugging

Research

Education

PhD student in Computer Science / Robotics / Electrical Engineering

Job description

Waymo LLC in Mountain View, CA, seeks a PhD candidate for a summer internship on the Critic Frontier / Applied Research Team. You will work with state-of-the-art foundation models and contribute to research that improves the Waymo Driver's thinking capabilities.

This hybrid onsite internship offers exposure to RL, LLM, VLM, and Python development, with a competitive hourly pay and benefits. Join a team that values rigorous research, reproducible results, and impactful autonomous driving