Waymo
Data Scientist
$170K–$216K
Mountain View, California, USA +3 · Full-time · Posted Dec 17, 2025
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of industry experience solving data science problems or a PhD in a quantitative field.
- Education
- Degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Physics).
About the job
Develop statistical evaluation frameworks and metrics to assess autonomous driving software, machine-learning models, and simulation quality, supporting deployment decisions.
What you'll do
- Build evaluation frameworks and statistical methods for autonomous-vehicle performance, ML models, and simulation.
- Develop metrics, analyze trends, and investigate anomalies in simulation and on-road data.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering, communicate findings, and support deployment readiness decisions.
What they ask for
- Degree in a quantitative field, such as Statistics, Mathematics, or Physics.
- 3+ years of industry experience solving data science problems or a PhD in a quantitative field.
- Expertise applying advanced statistical methods and familiarity with ML systems/models.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Python/SQL/R data analysis libraries and packages.
Nice to have
- Experience with Autonomous Driving or Ride Hailing.
- Experience in Advanced Machine Learning (Deep Learning and Diffusion models), Traffic Modeling, Safety Evaluation, or Prediction.
Pay
$170,000 — $216,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, R
AI focus
Evaluates large-scale ML models and develops statistical methods for autonomous driving, including combining real and synthetic data.
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