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2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Data Science

Waymo· Software Engineering
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Mountain View, California$85/hrFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Data Science internship at Waymo evaluating and modeling Waymo Driver performance across software releases, territories, and hardware generations. Hybrid onsite internship with potential subteams in World Model Eval, Safety Eval Tech, Safety Data Science, Driving Quality Data Science, Simulation Data Science, Pre-Release Data Science, and Expansion Discovery.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze large-scale on-road and simulation data to build metrics, statistical models, and predictive features that quantify the Waymo Driver's safety and driving quality performance
  • Develop and enable rigorous evaluation of the Waymo Driver through curating a principled portfolio of tools to assess and inform software development at scale
  • Inform development work on the Waymo Driver by leveraging quantitative analysis to provide early behavioral evaluation of software releases and provide actionable insights for Waymo’s expansion efforts into new territories and hardware platforms
  • Take challenging open-ended research problems and translate them into concrete solutions or prototypes in an empirical setting (e.g., publications, open-source project contribution, internal tools)
  • Develop and validate statistical / ML methodology — estimation, uncertainty quantification, sampling, and extrapolation — to use or evaluate large-scale foundation models and draw reliable conclusions about rare and critical events from limited data
  • Build tools and pipelines that turn one-off analyses into repeatable workflows, partnering with engineering teams to automate data exploration, triage, and reporting

Qualifications

  • Pursuing PhD in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computational Social Science)
  • Proficiency in programming with Python (or R), including data manipulation, wrangling, and visualization
  • Strong statistical theory foundation

Skills

Required:PythonStatistics
Nice to have:R (optional)

Benefits

  • Health and wellness benefits (medical, dental, vision)
  • Mental wellness support
  • Gym membership
  • Flexible work model (on-site or hybrid)
  • Paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave
  • Education reimbursement
  • Personal and professional development opportunities
  • Mentorship
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
  • Time off to volunteer
  • Competitive compensation and bonus opportunities
  • Equity and other financial benefits
  • Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, and wellness perks
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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