Research Scientist Intern: Foundation Models & RL

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly PhD Pay

Job summary

Waymo in Mountain View, CA is looking for a PhD student to join the Critic Frontier / Applied Research Team as a summer intern. You will explore cutting-edge foundation models and research literature to build the next generation critic for the Waymo Driver.

You'll prototype solutions to bottlenecks, aim to own a mid-to-large scale End-to-End project, and collaborate with researchers and engineers. This hybrid onsite internship provides competitive pay and benefits eligibility.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• As a summer intern on the Critic Frontier / Applied Research Team, you will.
• Leverage SOTA foundation models and literature to build a foundation critic model.
• Prototype research solutions to current system bottlenecks (shortcut learning, inputs sensitivity).
• Ideally own a medium-to-large scale end-to-end research project to develop the next-gen critic model.

Skills

Python programming

Debugging

ML basics

LLM knowledge

Education

PhD candidate in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Job description

Waymo in Mountain View, CA is looking for a PhD student to join the Critic Frontier / Applied Research Team as a summer intern. You will explore cutting-edge foundation models and research literature to build the next generation critic for the Waymo Driver.

You'll prototype solutions to bottlenecks, aim to own a mid-to-large scale End-to-End project, and collaborate with researchers and engineers. This hybrid onsite internship provides competitive pay and benefits eligibility.