Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Simulation)

Waymo; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 238,000 - 302,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity incentive

Benefits program

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a skilled machine learning expert to join the Driver Understanding and Evaluation team. You will develop models that evaluate autonomous vehicle behavior and build scalable ML infrastructure to support production workloads.

You will collaborate across teams to bring state-of-the-art ML to production systems and simulations. The role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager.

Qualifications

• BS in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years building production ML models.
• Proficient in Python and C++, with production systems experience.
• Deep learning background and track record of model quality.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML models that assess autonomous vehicle behavior.
• Develop ML infrastructure to support performant models.
• Collaborate across teams to bring state-of-the-art to production.

Skills

ML model development

Production systems

Collaboration across teams

Experimentation and evaluation

Education

BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or equivalent

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Overview

The Driver Understanding and Evaluation team at Waymo develops a rich understanding of Waymo Driver's behavior. With over 1 million driverless miles per week, it is critical that Waymo can understand and assess the behavior of all its vehicles - both in the field and in simulation - with automated algorithms. The learned metrics team is a strategic bet to use machine learning to ensure we can scale to meet Waymo's goals. We collaborate across teams to bring ML to production systems and build what is Waymo's reward function. We build and operate large-scale machine learning and data systems, simulation workflows, and insight tools. We combine expert human judgments and advanced machine learning models to deliver training and evaluation data for the Waymo driver.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to an Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML models that assess our autonomous vehicle's behavior.
• Develop ML infrastructure to support performant models.
• Collaborate across teams to bring state-of-the-art to production.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area, or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of experience building productionized ML models.
• Code and design skills: comfort building production systems (Python / C++).
• Background in applied Deep Learning.
• A track record in improving model quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building productionized ML models.
• Experience in reinforcement learning, transfer learning, or learning.
• Experience with large scale data and models.

Benefits

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.

Salary

Salary Range: $238,000 - $302,000 USD