Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision/VLM
Mountain View, California$213k - $263kFull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Senior ML Engineer focused on offboard perception autolabels, computer vision, multimodal models, and integration with large foundation models to enable scalable data-driven AV systems at Waymo.
Responsibilities
- Develop and train state-of-the-art computer vision / multimodal models (e.g., Gemini) to extract rich semantic information (e.g., object attributes, scene properties, interaction dynamics) for the AI agent.
- Design and implement a scalable AI agent framework that integrates large foundation models (e.g., Gemini) with outputs of perception models and internal knowledge bases.
- Develop and apply Fine-tuning and Reinforcement Learning (RL) techniques to create a "data flywheel" for automated feedback to improve captioning and reasoning.
- Develop and prototype novel prompting strategies for Vision-Language Models (VLMs) to elicit complex, causal reasoning about driving scenarios.
- Collaborate with ML Infra, Perception, Behavior, and AI Foundation teams to define data requirements and integrate the captioning system into the ML lifecycle.
- Own the full system lifecycle from advanced model development and prototyping to production deployment and scaling for massive data generation.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience training and shipping deep learning models for computer vision tasks using Python and frameworks like PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
- 1+ years of demonstrated experience with large language models (LLMs) or vision-language models (VLMs) in areas such as fine-tuning, prompting, or Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including designing scalable and reliable systems.
- Experience building and managing large-scale data processing pipelines for ML training.
- Proven ability to work autonomously and lead complex technical projects in a fast-paced R&D environment.
Skills
Required:Computer visionMultimodal modelingLarge language / vision-language models
Benefits
- Waymo employees are eligible for discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous company benefits.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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