Waymo

Waymo

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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Multi-Modal Perception

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$251K – $310K/yr
Location
CA USA, California, United States Mountain View, California, United States
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Experience
5+ years experience in Machine Learning and Computer Vision
Education
Bachelor's, PhD

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Role Summary

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The Perception team develops systems that learn spatial-temporal representations and semantic meanings of the environment around autonomous driving vehicles. This role focuses on scaling and improving machine-learning tasks, analyzing real-world system behavior, and supporting monitoring, debugging, and safety-related issue detection for the Waymo Driver.

What You'll Do

  • Own tasks in the ML Driver, including task scaling and task performance, and create ML methods and recipes to scale and improve tasks.
  • Analyze the behavior of ML systems in real-world applications, identify issues and root causes, and develop short- and long-term solutions.
  • Monitor ML systems in production and develop methods for automatically detecting issues or regressions.
  • Develop AI-aided analysis and debugging tooling.
  • Develop and maintain metrics for ADV-relevant issues, including safety-critical and longtail issues.

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Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience; 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning and Computer Vision; experience with Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX.

Required

  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience
  • 5+ years experience in Machine Learning and Computer Vision
  • Experience with Python
  • Experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX

Preferred

  • MS or PhD Degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science or a similar discipline
  • Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI
  • Experience with C++

Original job description

Content provided by the employer

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.

The Perception team builds the system which learns the spatial-temporal representation and their semantic meanings of the surrounding environment of the autonomously driving vehicle (ADV), i.e., the system that “perceives” the world around the car. We work jointly with downstream teams on the optimization and integration into the Waymo Driver. We conduct our own research to address real-world problems and collaborate with research teams at Alphabet. We have access to millions of miles of driving data from a diverse set of sensors, enabling engineers like you to (1) develop methods for efficiently and continuously learning from large scale real-world data, to (2) develop models and model training at scale, to (3) analyze real-world behavior and develop systems for handling the complexities of interacting with the real-world, and (4) optimize models for our onboard and offboard hardware.

In this hybrid role you will report to a Technical Lead Manager.

You will:

  • Own tasks in the ML Driver, take responsibility for task scaling and task performance, create ML methods and recipes to scale and improve tasks.
  • Analyze behavior of ML systems in real-world application, identify issues and root causes, advise or develop short- and long-term solutions.
  • Monitor ML systems in production, develop methods for automatically detecting issues or regressions, develop AI-aided analysis and debugging tooling.
  • Develop and maintain metrics for ADV relevant issues, including safety-critical and longtail issues.

You have:

  • Bachelors in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience
  • 5+ years experience in Machine Learning and Computer Vision
  • Experience with Python
  • Experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX

We prefer:

  • MS or PhD Degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science or a similar discipline
  • Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI
  • Experience with C++

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
$251,000$310,000 USD
Waymo

About the company

Waymo

Large Enterprise

Waymo is a leading autonomous driving technology company, originally a part of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. Established in 2009, Waymo focuses on developing self-driving cars and innovative transportation solutions designed to enhance mobility and safety on the roads. By employing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, the company aims to revolutionize personal and shared transportation, making it more accessible and efficient. Waymo's efforts contribute significantly to the future of autonomous vehicles and the ongoing shift towards smart transportation systems.