Drimva

Waymo

Staff Machine Learning Engineer(TLM), Driver Understanding and Evaluation

$238K–$302K

Mountain View, CA, USA +2 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Dec 10, 2025

Location
Mountain View, CA, USA
New York, NY, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
Experience
7+ years required; 10+ years preferred.
Education
B.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience; M.S. or Ph.D. preferred.

About the job

Leads development of machine learning systems and evaluation tools to analyze Waymo Driver behavior, automate workflows, and assess fleet performance.

What you'll do

  • Develop machine learning models and Gen AI LLM/VLM solutions for triaging, behavior analysis, and anomaly detection.
  • Build evaluation systems, data workflows, and rider-feedback analysis tools; optimize models in production.
  • Guide technical direction and collaborate with product, engineering, research, and leadership teams.

What they ask for

  • B.S. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7+ years of hands-on experience in machine learning projects.
  • Strong coding experience in C++ and/or Python.
  • Experience with at least one of Foundational Models, VLM, or Deep Learning; experience with ML frameworks and large-scale ML deployment.

Nice to have

  • M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related quantitative field specializing in machine learning; 10+ years of hands-on ML project experience.
  • Experience with Transformers, Gen AI LLM/VLM, MLOps, model evaluation and optimization, or large-scale data processing.

Pay

$238,000 — $302,000 USD base salary

Tools

C++, Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face's transformers, LLM, VLM, Transformers

AI focus

Develops deep learning and machine learning models, Gen AI LLM/VLM solutions, and reinforcement learning from human preference-based data collection and evaluation systems for autonomous-driving analysis.

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