Waymo
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, World Modeling Evaluation
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Education
- Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field of study.
About the job
Conduct research on world modeling and reasoning for autonomous driving, prototype research ideas, and present findings with the aim of publishing them.
What you'll do
- Solve research problems in world modeling and reasoning for autonomous driving systems.
- Prototype and iterate on research ideas.
- Present findings within Waymo and work toward publishing results to the research community.
What they ask for
- Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field.
- Research experience in computer vision and machine learning.
- Strong programming skills in Python.
Nice to have
- First-authored publications from top-tier computer vision, graphics, or robotics conferences.
- Research experience in generative models or large language models; hands-on deep neural network experience and familiarity with a deep learning framework such as PyTorch, Jax, or Tensorflow.
Pay
$85—$85 USD (hourly pay)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, Jax, Tensorflow
AI focus
Research in world modeling and reasoning for autonomous driving; relevant team research areas include reinforcement learning, learning from demonstration, generative modeling, Bayesian inference, hierarchical learning, and robust evaluation.
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