PhD Systems Engineering Intern — Autonomous Driving

Waymo LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Intern benefits

Job summary

Waymo LLC in San Francisco is seeking a PhD candidate for a technical internship focused on perception model requirements and evaluation. You will work with data from logs and tests to validate detection targets and improve headroom for the Perception teams.

This role emphasizes software engineering fundamentals, systems engineering practice, and collaboration with scientists to advance autonomous vehicle technologies. Interns participate in Waymo's generous benefits programs.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering, Physics, CS, or a related technical field.
• Strong foundation in software engineering fundamentals.
• Familiarity with systems engineering and the flow from requirements to tests.

Responsibilities

• Define and author requirements and verification items for detection models used by the Waymo vehicle.
• Collect and analyze data from logs and tests to validate requirements and identify false positives.
• Run evaluations and triage results to track performance and release changes.
• Use the evaluation framework to highlight headroom and assist the Perception team.

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Systems engineering principles

Data analysis

Education

PhD candidate

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Waymo LLC in San Francisco is seeking a PhD candidate for a technical internship focused on perception model requirements and evaluation. You will work with data from logs and tests to validate detection targets and improve headroom for the Perception teams.

This role emphasizes software engineering fundamentals, systems engineering practice, and collaboration with scientists to advance autonomous vehicle technologies. Interns participate in Waymo's generous benefits programs.