About the role#
The Perception team builds the system that allows our vehicles to understand their surroundings. You will work on spatial-temporal representations and semantic meanings of the environment. This role involves collaborating with research teams to solve real-world problems and optimizing models for our hardware. Interns work alongside industry leaders on projects that contribute to the Waymo Driver.
What you'll do#
- Design and implement multi-modality and multi-task perception models using camera, radar, lidar, and audio data.
- Work on project areas such as 3D object detection, tracking, semantic segmentation, and large-scale foundation models.
- Train and evaluate machine learning models using high-fidelity data from our driving logs.
- Use large-scale machine learning infrastructure in a team environment.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field.
- Alternatively, enrollment in a master's program with a strong publication record.
- Experience with Python.
- Proficiency in building machine learning models using JAX, PyTorch, or Tensorflow.
- A strong track record of high-quality machine learning or computer vision research is preferred.
- Experience with object detection, segmentation, multiple-object tracking, audio perception, or occupancy detection is a plus.
- Publications at top-tier conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, or PAMI are preferred.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid, hybrid internship for Summer 2027.
- The role is based at our headquarters in Mountain View, California.
- Hourly pay for Master's students is $70. Hourly pay for PhD students is $85.
- Interns are eligible for company benefits programs.
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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