Role at a glance
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Mountain View, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- You have: Experience in building large-scale systems Track record of solving complex system problems Track record of successful deliveries through large-scale collaborations We prefer: Experience in LLM/VLM related foundation models or systems Experience with foundation model post-training
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Role Summary
The Staff ML Engineer, Foundation Models role on Waymo’s AI Foundations team connects large-scale foundation models with production systems for autonomous driving. The role adapts models to new sensors, platforms, and production requirements and collaborates with other teams to bring them to next-generation platforms.
What You'll Do
- Connect large-scale foundation models with production systems.
- Adapt foundation models to new sensors, platforms, and production requirements.
- Collaborate with other teams to bring foundation models to next-generation platforms.
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Experience building large-scale systems; a track record of solving complex system problems and successfully delivering through large-scale collaborations.
Preferred
- Experience in LLM/VLM related foundation models or systems
- Experience with foundation model post-training
Original job description
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Original 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.
The mission of the Waymo AI Foundations team is to develop machine learning solutions addressing open problems in autonomous driving, towards the goal of safely operating Waymo vehicles in dozens of cities and under all driving conditions. As part of our work, we also initiate and foster collaborations with other research teams in Alphabet. AI Foundations areas that we are currently focusing on include reinforcement learning, learning from demonstration, generative modeling, Bayesian inference, hierarchical learning, and robust evaluation.
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to a Director of AI Foundations.
You will:
- Work on connecting large-scale foundation models with production systems.
- Adapt our foundation models to new sensors, new platforms, and new production requirements.
- Collaborate extensively with other teams to land foundation models to our next-gen platforms.
You have:
- Experience in building large-scale systems
- Track record of solving complex system problems
- Track record of successful deliveries through large-scale collaborations
We prefer:
- Experience in LLM/VLM related foundation models or systems
- Experience with foundation model post-training
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.
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.