Waymo
Research Scientist, Map Scalability
$213K–$263K
Mountain View, CA, U.S.A +5 · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, U.S.A
San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
New York City, NY, U.S.A
Mountain View, California, United States
New York, New York, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 1-3+ years in a related field.
- Education
- Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, or a similar discipline.
About the job
Conduct research and develop scalable world-understanding solutions for autonomous driving using vision-language models, generative modeling, and 3D reconstruction.
What you'll do
- Investigate research problems and prototype ideas using Waymo driving data.
- Scale and productionize solutions with engineering teams.
- Present findings within Waymo and Alphabet, with possible publication to the research community.
What they ask for
- Master’s or PhD in a relevant discipline.
- Expertise in foundational VLMs, computer vision, or learning-based 3D reconstruction methods.
- Strong ML software engineering skills in Python/C++ and rapid prototyping ability.
- Familiarity with JAX, Tensorflow, or Pytorch.
Nice to have
- Publications at top-tier conferences.
- Experience productionizing and scaling ML, 3D vision or computer graphics fundamentals, or autonomous vehicle or simulation domain experience.
Pay
$213,000 — $263,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
VLMs, 3DGS, NeRF, Python, C++, JAX, Tensorflow, Pytorch
AI focus
Research and production of AI methods for autonomous-driving world understanding, including VLMs, generative modeling, and 3D reconstruction.
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