Waymo
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer, Onboard Developer Platform
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Internship · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 2+ years of project experience involving coding; preferred: 3+ years in ML or RL and 2+ years optimizing system infrastructure.
- Education
- Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD in software engineering, machine learning, or a related technical field.
About the job
Build and extend reinforcement-learning infrastructure and run experiments to improve tools for developing autonomous-driving models and systems.
What you'll do
- Understand the current LPM model and the problem it addresses.
- Extend reinforcement-learning infrastructure, tune parameters, and compare experiment results with existing results.
- Identify promising reinforcement-learning technologies and apply them to Waymo problems.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD in software engineering, machine learning, or a related technical field.
- Fundamental understanding of machine learning and reinforcement learning.
- 2+ years of project experience involving coding and demonstrated achievements.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of hands-on ML or RL project experience.
- 2+ years optimizing system infrastructure, or experience with autonomous driving or relevant technologies.
Pay
$70 — $70 USD (hourly pay for Master's interns); $85 — $85 USD (hourly pay for PhD interns)
Tools
machine learning, reinforcement learning, simulation
AI focus
Conduct reinforcement-learning experiments and apply promising RL technologies to autonomous-driving problems.
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