2021 Intern, Vehicle Systems Engineering, Compute (Fall)
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. Since our start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the World’s Most Experienced Driver in hopes of improving the world's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our fully autonomous ride-hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and conducted over 20 billion miles of simulation testing.
Waymo interns work alongside leaders in the industry on projects that deliver significant impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: leveraging your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!
In this internship, you’ll:
- Learn best practices for writing requirements
- Create requirements for Waymo’s on-board logging and other systems
- Work with software engineers to get the requirements implemented
- Design and orchestrate tests to confirm correct implementation of the requirements
- Root cause field issues and proposing resolutions
At a minimum we’d like you to have:
- Engineering undergrad degree (EE, CS, or similar)
- Demonstrated previous work in reading modern C++ code
- Demonstrated experience in working cross-functionally with communications
It’s preferred if you have:
- Experience with a plotting tool such as gnuplot, matplotlib, etc.
- Openness to work on system level topics that reach outside your degree
- Analytical mindset with a desire to root cause issues until they are fully understood
General Perks
- Help solve challenging problems with a direct impact on the company
- Competitive compensation packages with a housing/relocation bonus (if applicable)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Fun intern events and networking opportunities
Onsite Perks (These perks will only be applicable if the internship is on site)
- Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
- Free access to Google shuttles
- Onsite gym
Note: This is an fall internship position in our Mountain View office. As the situation around COVID-19 remains unclear, this may be a remote internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.