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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