Research Internship/Co-op

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United States

On-site

USD 55,000 - 76,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals
Team building activities
Company growth opportunities

Job summary

Waabi is seeking Research Scientists and Engineers to join a multidisciplinary team using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale. You will lead or contribute to AI research projects, developing algorithms across perception, prediction, motion planning, and more for autonomous vehicles and production systems.

You will design, implement, train, and optimize novel algorithms, with opportunities to publish externally at NeurIPS/ICML/ICCV/CVPR, post on our blog, and release open

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or MS/PhD in CS, Engineering, AI, ML, CV, Robotics.
  • Demonstrated research/software engineering experience through internships, work experience, coding competitions, and/or research projects and papers.
  • Strong quantitative background in linear algebra, calculus, and probability.
  • Proficient in Python and/or C++.
  • Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
  • Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Be part of a multidisciplinary team using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale.
  • Lead or contribute to an AI research project, developing new algorithms for AV topics like perception, prediction, motion planning, controls, simulation, mapping, localization, core AI.
  • Design, implement, train, and optimize novel algorithms on self-driving vehicles and production systems.
  • Publish work externally at top ML/vision/robotics conferences, post to company blog, and release open source projects.

Skills

Python
C++
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Robotics

Education

Bachelors/MS/PhD in CS/Engineering/AI/ML/Robotics

Tools

Git

Job description

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai

Waabi, founded by AI pioneer and visionary Raquel Urtasun, is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. With a world class team and an innovative approach that unleashes the power of AI to “drive” safely in the real world, Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before. Waabi is backed by best-in-class investors across the technology, logistics and the Canadian innovation ecosystem.

With offices in Toronto and San Francisco, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai

You will...
  • Be part of a team of multidisciplinary Research Scientists and Engineers using an AI-first approach to enable safe self-driving at scale.
  • Lead or Contribute to an AI research project, pushing the frontiers of the field by developing new algorithms for Autonomous Vehicle (AV). This includes topics such as perception, prediction, motion planning, controls, simulation, mapping, localization, core AI, etc.
  • Design, implement, train, and optimize novel algorithms on self-driving vehicles and various production systems.
  • Be encouraged to submit and publish work externally at top machine learning, computer vision, and robotics conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, etc.), post to our company blog, and release open source projects.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelors or MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
  • Demonstrated research/software engineering experience: through previous internships, work experience, coding competitions, and/or research projects and papers.
  • Strong quantitative background and coursework in or working knowledge of linear algebra, calculus, and probability.
  • Proficient in reading and coding in Python and/or C++.
  • Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
  • Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

The US hourly range for this role is: $40- $55 USD and the Canada hourly range for this role is: $45-$60 CAD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. Waabi US Inc. and Waabi Canada Inc.'s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company’s compensation practices. The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US and Canada locations.

Perks/Benefits:

Waabi provides a competitive benefits package that includes:

  • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office)
  • Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events
  • As we grow, this list continues to evolve!

Waabi is a technology start-up building technologies to transform the way the world moves. Join our talented team to be a part of the future and to make an impact!

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, caregiver status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.

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