Waymo
Machine Learning Engineer, Maneuvering Tech
$175K–$215K
Mountain View, CA, USA +5 · Full-time · Posted Jun 30, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develop and validate ML-powered autonomous-driving systems that improve the vehicle’s perception, motion prediction, and trajectory planning for safe, smooth maneuvers.
What you'll do
- Develop ML-powered systems to enhance the ML driver and support business scaling.
- Fine-tune, adapt, and benchmark generative models for autonomous-driving tasks.
- Write and test production-ready code and partner with engineers and product managers on vehicle behaviors.
What they ask for
- MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of industry experience deploying, evaluating, and maintaining production ML systems.
- Proficiency in Python and/or C++, with strong analytical and debugging abilities.
- Expertise with modern deep learning frameworks such as JAX or PyTorch.
Nice to have
- Experience in deep learning, reinforcement learning, and ML systems.
- Expertise in prediction, behaviors, motion planning, or related robotics problems; ML post-training experience.
Pay
$175,000 — $215,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C++, JAX, PyTorch
AI focus
Fine-tune, adapt, and benchmark generative models for autonomous-vehicle perception, motion prediction, and trajectory planning; improve ML-driven vehicle behaviors.
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