About the role#
This is a full-time, paid internship for the Summer 2027 term. You will work within our simulation pipeline to advance how we model the physical world. This role is hybrid and based in Mountain View, California.
What you'll do#
- Implement, train, and evaluate generative models for video and physical world simulation.
- Experiment with unified 3D/4D and spatiotemporal representations that generalize across diverse scenes, vehicle platforms, and sensor modalities.
- Investigate conditioning, fine-tuning, or distillation methods to improve temporal consistency, physical realism, and inference speed for closed-loop simulation.
- Partner with mentors and researchers across Waymo and Google to adapt foundation world models and translate research prototypes into our simulation pipeline.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing an MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics, or a related field.
- Solid background in deep learning and computer vision.
- Hands-on experience in modern generative modeling, such as diffusion models, flow matching, VAEs, or transformers.
- Strong coding skills in Python.
- Practical experience training and debugging models in PyTorch or JAX.
- Prior research or projects in video generation, world models, or generalized 3D/4D scene representations is preferred.
- Exposure to 3D computer vision, multi-view geometry, physical or geometric priors, or multimodal sensor data like Camera, LiDAR, and Radar is preferred.
- Contributions to open-source projects or publications in ML, vision, or robotics venues such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, or ICML is preferred.
Location & details#
- Location: Mountain View, CA.
- Modality: Hybrid.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Compensation: $70 per hour for Masters students and $85 per hour for PhD students.
- Note: Sponsorship is not provided for this role.
About Waymo
Waymo is a technology company that develops automated driving systems. It focuses on mobility and road safety through its Waymo Driver technology. The firm operates as a private organization and employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people. It was founded in 2009 and maintains its headquarters in Mountain View, California.
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