Summer Intern: ML Engineer for 3D Simulation & VLMs

Waymo LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing/relocation bonus

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Free meals (onsite)

Shuttle program

Onsite gym

Job summary

Waymo LLC in Mountain View, CA seeks an intern with strong Python/C++ skills and a passion for autonomous driving to design data pipelines and ML workflows. You will work on multimodal sensing data, build evaluation datasets, and help improve perception and decision systems in real-world settings.

Ideal candidates are pursuing MS or PhD in CS/Robotics/ML, with experience in data analysis and SQL. This role includes competitive compensation and housing/relocation support where applicable, plus

Qualifications

• Pursuing MS or PhD in a quantitative/technical field (e.g., CS, robotics, ML).
• Strong programming skills in Python or C++.
• Experience with data analysis, SQL, and basic statistics.

Responsibilities

• Design and build multimodal data pipelines combining sensor and map data for ML models.
• Prototype Vision-Language Model workflows to detect and categorize driving scenarios.
• Build ground-truth datasets, measure model precision/recall, and improve detection.

Skills

Python

C++

Data analysis

SQL

Education

MS or PhD in Computer Science/Robotics/Machine Learning or related field

Job description

Waymo LLC in Mountain View, CA seeks an intern with strong Python/C++ skills and a passion for autonomous driving to design data pipelines and ML workflows. You will work on multimodal sensing data, build evaluation datasets, and help improve perception and decision systems in real-world settings.

Ideal candidates are pursuing MS or PhD in CS/Robotics/ML, with experience in data analysis and SQL. This role includes competitive compensation and housing/relocation support where applicable, plus