Waymo
Machine Learning Engineer, Driver Refinement & Validation, Perception
$175K–$215K
Mountain View, CA, USA +3 · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years experience in Machine Learning and/or Computer Vision.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience.
About the job
Develop and refine perception machine-learning models for the Waymo Driver, analyzing real-world performance and preventing or detecting regressions.
What you'll do
- Create and scale ML methods and recipes, including distributed fine-tuning and regression prevention.
- Analyze real-world ML behavior, identify issues and root causes, and develop solutions.
- Monitor production systems and develop evaluation metrics and AI-aided analysis and debugging tools.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience.
- 3+ years experience in Machine Learning and/or Computer Vision.
- Experience with Python or C++.
- Experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science or a similar discipline.
- Publications at top-tier conferences or journals such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI.
Pay
USD $175,000—$215,000 base salary
Tools
Python, C++, PyTorch, JAX
AI focus
Develop and refine perception ML models; build distributed fine-tuning, production monitoring, evaluation, and AI-aided analysis and debugging methods.
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