PhD AI Foundations Intern: Generative ML (Hybrid)

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

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Benefits program

Job summary

Waymo LLC is seeking a PhD candidate for an internship focused on large-scale generative and foundation model training. You will design experiments, analyze metrics, and work with researchers and engineers to integrate techniques into production.

This hybrid onsite internship offers exposure to cutting-edge autonomous driving AI. Applicants should be enrolled in a PhD program in CS/AI/Robotics, with strong deep learning expertise and Python experience.

Qualifications

• PhD candidate in CS/AI/Robotics or related quantitative field.
• Strong background in deep learning and generative modeling.
• Experience with Python and DL frameworks (PyTorch/JAX/TF).

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct experiments on large-scale generative or foundation model training recipes.
• Analyze model evaluation metrics to identify performance bottlenecks and optimization strategies.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to integrate novel techniques into production training pipelines.

Education

PhD candidate in Computer Science, AI, Robotics, or related quantitative field

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Job description

Waymo LLC is seeking a PhD candidate for an internship focused on large-scale generative and foundation model training. You will design experiments, analyze metrics, and work with researchers and engineers to integrate techniques into production.

This hybrid onsite internship offers exposure to cutting-edge autonomous driving AI. Applicants should be enrolled in a PhD program in CS/AI/Robotics, with strong deep learning expertise and Python experience.