- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Business Operations
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Data Science
Job description
The Data Science team works on a wide variety of evaluation and modeling problems, including safety evaluation, the simulation technology, driving quality and rider experience. This role works with a variety of teams across the company to inject data science rigor and perspective, and to influence development direction in many of the critical systems in self-driving technology and fleet operations.
As a Data Science intern, you may join one of these Data Science Subteams:
Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your…
Job responsibilities
- Analyze large-scale on-road and simulation data to build metrics, statistical models, and predictive features that quantify the Waymo Driver's safety and driving quality performance
- Develop and validate statistical / ML methodology — estimation, uncertainty quantification, sampling, and extrapolation — to use or evaluate large-scale foundation models and draw reliable conclusions about rare and…
- Build tools and pipelines that turn one-off analyses into repeatable workflows, partnering with engineering teams to automate data exploration, triage, and reporting
Job requirements
- Pursuing PhD in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computational Social Science)
- Proficiency in programming with Python (or R), including data manipulation, wrangling, and visualization
- Strong statistical theory foundation
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