Waymo
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Conflict Behavior
Mountain View, California +1 · Internship · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California
Mountain View, California, United States - Education
- Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
About the job
Calibrate and validate safety metrics for autonomous driving, analyze real-world and simulated driving data, and integrate safety signals into triage and release-readiness workflows.
What you'll do
- Calibrate physical reachability and safety-margin metrics against expert human evaluations.
- Analyze driving logs to assess model accuracy, characterize edge cases, and optimize trade-offs.
- Integrate quantitative safety signals into automated event triage and release-readiness workflows.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD 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.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with SQL and autonomous vehicles, robotics, crash safety analysis, or human driving behavior modeling.
- Experience with rare-event modeling, anomaly detection, or highly imbalanced datasets; foundation in machine learning and statistical evaluation.
Pay
$70 — $70 USD (hourly Masters pay); $85 — $85 USD (hourly PhD pay)
Tools
Python, C++, SQL
AI focus
Evaluates driving models and quantitative safety signals, including proactive caution, edge cases, and safety trade-offs.
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