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Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning, Planner Selection

Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning, Planner Selection

Posted 49 days ago

Job Description

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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.

In this hybrid role, you will report into a TLM of Planner Technology.

You will:

Investigate driving behavior issues from logs and understand the root cause
Improve performance of the state of the art ML models in Planner
Develop foundational frameworks that help advancement of the Waymo Driver's capabilities.
Expand the impact of ML models while preserving interpretability and behavioral guarantees
Directly contribute to solving some of the most challenging driving situations in the long tail.

You have:

Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a similar discipline.
Proficiency in C++ or Python
Experience with Machine Learning models in production systems

We prefer:

AV or Robotics experience
8+ years of Software Engineering experience in complex systems

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations 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. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

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

$238,000—$302,000 USD

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