Waymo
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Weather Perception
San Francisco, CA, USA +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Education
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics or equivalent
About the job
Research and implement machine-learning perception solutions for autonomous driving in challenging weather and degraded-road conditions.
What you'll do
- Research and implement novel ML perception solutions for Waymo’s self-driving stack.
- Develop applied research solutions to data-scarce challenges in weather perception.
- Collaborate across teams on development within the onboard software team.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics or equivalent.
- Experience with machine learning applications, including transformer applications and ML evaluation techniques.
- Experience with Python programming.
- Experience reading and implementing ML algorithms from academic papers; familiarity with Tensorflow or Pytorch or JAX.
Nice to have
- Classical computer vision or computational geometry experience; experience in real-time robotic systems or C++ programming.
- Submissions to relevant robotics, ML, or Computer Vision conferences (ICML, RSS, IROS, CORL, CVPR).
Pay
$70 — $70 USD (base hourly rate for Masters); $85 — $85 USD (base hourly rate for PhD)
Tools
Python, Tensorflow, Pytorch, JAX, C++, Vision Language Models (VLMs)
AI focus
Develop ML perception models and VLM-enabled driving behavior for weather, degraded roads, and long-tail situations.
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