- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- Mountain ViewCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Sep 24, 2026
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Software Engineer, Simulation
Job description
Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you’re a software engineer or researcher who’s curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you.
Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company.
Job responsibilities
- Implement uncertainty aware algorithms that improve the performance of transformer-based multi-task classifiers
- Implement the changes end-to-end, including eval
- Ensure both data and model implementation are correct according to the experiment plan. Pay attention to details about the mechanics of the modeling setup
Job requirements
- Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field
- Strong programming proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, JAX)
- Solid theoretical understanding of machine learning and deep learning fundamentals, including debugging transformer based models with TensorBoard metrics
- Familiarity with software development best practices, including version control
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