Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Multi-Modal Perception

Waymo; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 251,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus program

Equity incentive plan

Generous company benefits program

Job summary

Waymo is on the lookout for a Machine Learning engineer to join their Perception team. The role involves taking ownership of ML Driver tasks, analyzing system performance, and monitoring ML systems in production. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, along with at least 5 years in Machine Learning and Computer Vision.

Preferred qualifications include an MS or PhD in related fields and familiarity with C++. Good compensation package includes a salary range of $251,000—$310,000 USD, along with bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Machine Learning and Computer Vision.
• Experience with Python, and ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science or a similar discipline.

Responsibilities

• Own tasks in the ML Driver, responsible for task scaling and performance.
• Analyze ML system behavior in real-world applications.
• Monitor ML systems in production and develop detection methods.
• Develop metrics for safety-critical and longtail issues.

Skills

Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Python

ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX)

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent experience

MS or PhD Degree in related fields (preferred)

Tools

C++

Job description

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride‑hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider‑only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

The Perception team builds the system which learns the spatial‑temporal representation and their semantic meanings of the surrounding environment of the autonomously driving vehicle (ADV), i.e., the system that “perceives” the world around the car. We work jointly with downstream teams on the optimization and integration into the Waymo Driver. We conduct our own research to address real‑world problems and collaborate with research teams at Alphabet. We have access to millions of miles of driving data from a diverse set of sensors, enabling engineers like you to (1) develop methods for efficiently and continuously learning from large scale real‑world data, to (2) develop models and model training at scale, to (3) analyze real‑world behavior and develop systems for handling the complexities of interacting with the real‑world, and (4) optimize models for our onboard and offboard hardware.

In this hybrid role you will report to a Technical Lead Manager.

Responsibilities

• Own tasks in the ML Driver, take responsibility for task scaling and task performance, create ML methods and recipes to scale and improve tasks.
• Analyze behavior of ML systems in real‑world application, identify issues and root causes, advise or develop short‑ and long‑term solutions.
• Monitor ML systems in production, develop methods for automatically detecting issues or regressions, develop AI‑aided analysis and debugging tooling.
• Develop and maintain metrics for ADV relevant issues, including safety‑critical and longtail issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience
• 5+ years experience in Machine Learning and Computer Vision
• Experience with Python
• Experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD Degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science or a similar discipline
• Publications at top‑tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI
• Experience with C++

Compensation and Benefits

Salary range: $251,000—$310,000 USD. Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.