Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation

London, UK

Job Description

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

You will:

Help to build and lead a world class research engineering team to advance the state of the art of ultra realistic AV simulations using foundation models
Collaborate with Waymo Machine Learning teams in London and Oxford to and the Google DeepMind team in London to use large models to improve simulation realism
Design experiments that push the frontiers of AV simulations
Develop metrics that measure the realism of simulated worlds
Train and evaluate large models and integrate them into the simulator and its downstream applications

You have:

Experience in building and managing research engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring and line management
Strong background and experience in applied Deep Learning
Strong coding and design skills
Experience in solving complex production problems using state of the art ML techniques
Experience is talking research to production

We prefer:

Experience in autonomous vehicles
Research experience

((Remote jobs only - Please note that Waymo may not be able to employ remotely in all locations. Please speak with your recruiter about your preferred location for remote work when you begin the interview process.))

The expected base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

£180,000—£194,000 GBP

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