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2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Driver Refinement Foundations

Waymo· Software Engineering
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Mountain View, California$70/hrFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Intern software engineering position at Waymo focused on machine learning and driver refinement foundations within the Driver Refinement foundations subteam, contributing to data-driven and heuristic methods for improving driving behavior in Level 4 autonomous driving.

Responsibilities

  • Mine and curate dataset samples from large corpus of driving data
  • Leverage large language models and world foundation models for reasoning, decision making and multi-modality generation
  • Optimize Multimodal generative models using RLFT. Explore Reward modeling
  • Design and implement Evaluation metrics and iterate on improvements

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a graduate program (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • Strong problem solving and programming skills in Python and/or C++
  • Good understanding of Jax/PyTorch
  • Experience in model evaluation and developing metrics
  • Experience developing models

Skills

Required:Dataset mining and curationPythonJax/PyTorchModel evaluation and metrics
Nice to have:C++

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation packages with a housing/relocation bonus (if applicable)
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Fun intern events and networking opportunities
  • Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
  • Free access to Google shuttles
  • Onsite gym
  • Hybrid onsite internship position
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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