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2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Conflict Behavior

Waymo· Systems Engineering
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Mountain View, California$70/hrFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Waymo internship in the Systems Engineering team focusing on calibrating safety metrics, analyzing real-world and simulated driving data, and integrating safety signals into triage and release workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Calibrate and validate physical reachability and safety-margin metrics against expert human evaluations to quantify "proactive caution" in complex scenarios
  • Analyze large-scale real-world and simulated driving logs to evaluate model accuracy, characterize edge cases, and optimize trade-offs
  • Partner cross-functionally to integrate quantitative safety signals into automated event triage and release-readiness workflows

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field
  • Proficiency in Python and/or C++
  • Experience analyzing, wrangling, and visualizing large-scale datasets
  • Demonstrated analytical and statistical skills for validating quantitative models

Skills

Required:PythonC++Data AnalysisStatistical Modeling

Benefits

  • Interns are eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements
  • Flexibility to work onsite or hybrid onsite
  • Health and wellness benefits described in benefits section
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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