Senior ML Compiler Engineer, Compute

WaymoMountain View, CA
$213,000 - $263,000Hybrid

About The Position

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states. Waymo's Compute Team is tasked with a critical and exciting mission: We deliver the compute platform responsible for running the fully autonomous vehicle’s software stack. To achieve our mission, we architect and create high-performance custom silicon; we develop system-level compute architectures that push the boundaries of performance, power, and latency; and we collaborate closely with many other teammates to ensure we design and optimize hardware and software for maximum performance. We are a multidisciplinary team seeking curious and talented teammates to work on one of the world’s highest performance automotive compute platforms. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Software Engineering Manager.

Requirements

  • BS degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience and 5+ years of industry experience OR MS degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of industry experience OR PhD degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering and 1+ years of industry experience
  • 3+ years experience working on compilers for parallel architectures
  • 1+ years experience working with ML inference or linear algebra computation
  • C++ programming skills, including leveraging agentic AI acceleration

Nice To Haves

  • Python programming experience
  • Experience with compilers for neural networks, especially MLIR-based
  • Knowledge of computer architectures used for neural network inference, and neural network performance characteristics
  • Knowledge of the principles behind popular machine learning and neural network algorithms and applications

Responsibilities

  • Leverage agentic AI to accelerate analysis, planning and implementation of production software improvements
  • Analyze the performance characteristics of code generated by our production grade compiler, and design and implement optimizations to improve that performance
  • Design and implement compiler support for novel features of our high-performance architecture
  • Work with hardware architects to understand and influence the development of our unique neural network inference platform through hardware/software codesign
  • Work with model developers to tune their neural networks for better inference efficiency and accuracy

Benefits

  • discretionary annual bonus program
  • equity incentive plan
  • generous Company benefits program
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