Senior Foundation Model Scientist (LLM/VLM)

SupportFinity™; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a Senior Research Scientist for Foundation Models (LLM/VLM) to advance applied research and development across deep learning systems. The role involves designing experiments, training large models, and presenting findings to technical and leadership teams.

Hybrid role reporting to a Technical Lead Manager with opportunities to contribute to high-impact autonomous driving challenges, including post-training methods and model optimization.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in deep learning focusing on behavior, agent modeling or simulation.
• Proficiency in Python and modern DL frameworks (JAX / TensorFlow 2; PyTorch accepted).
• 3+ years of experience with modern deep learning frameworks and generative modeling / LLMs or VLMs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct applied foundation model research and development.
• Design experiments, train and evaluate large deep learning models.
• Present results to peers and leadership; write high-quality code, unit tests and documentation.

Skills

Python

DL Frameworks

Experience 3+ yrs

Education

Masters or PhD in deep learning

Job description

Waymo is seeking a Senior Research Scientist for Foundation Models (LLM/VLM) to advance applied research and development across deep learning systems. The role involves designing experiments, training large models, and presenting findings to technical and leadership teams.

Hybrid role reporting to a Technical Lead Manager with opportunities to contribute to high-impact autonomous driving challenges, including post-training methods and model optimization.