Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning, Planner Selection

Waymo • Mountain View, CA

80d • $238,000 - $302,000 • Hybrid

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. In this hybrid role, you will report into a TLM of Planner Technology.

Requirements

• Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a similar discipline
• Proficiency in C++ or Python
• Experience with Machine Learning models in production systems

Nice To Haves

• AV or Robotics experience
• 8+ years of Software Engineering experience in complex systems

Responsibilities

• Investigate driving behavior issues from logs and understand the root cause
• Improve performance of the state of the art ML models in Planner
• Develop foundational frameworks that help advancement of the Waymo Driver's capabilities
• Expand the impact of ML models while preserving interpretability and behavioral guarantees
• Directly contribute to solving some of the most challenging driving situations in the long tail.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus program
• Equity incentive plan
• Generous Company benefits program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees