Senior ML Engineer, Perception Foundation Model

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2 Locations
192K-243K Annually
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Automotive
The Role
The ML Engineer will lead efforts on model-platform co-optimization, focusing on enhancing training and inference efficiency of the perception foundation model. This role requires collaboration with various teams, designing and optimizing neural networks, and driving model optimization initiatives while fostering innovation and curiosity.
Summary Generated by Built In

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

The mission of the Waymo Applied Research team is to develop machine learning solutions addressing open problems in autonomous driving, towards the goal of the 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.

In this hybrid role, you will report to a Research Director


You will:

  • Lead the effort of model-platform co-optimization for Waymo's perception foundation model
  • Dive deep to training and inference efficiency on various platforms such as TPU, GPU, and CPU
  • Collaborate with other teams, such as perception, simulation, and ML infrastructure, to drive the model optimization
  • Be curious, innovative, and productive


You have:

  • 5+ years of experience designing and optimizing neural networks using Transformers and ConvNets
  • Experience optimizing model efficiency for either large-scale training or inference
  • Ability to learn new models and new frameworks
  • Experience optimizing ML models


We prefer:

  • Experience with low-level optimizations, on CPU/GPU/TPU.
  • Experience with designing or evaluating or optimizing Transformers

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

$192,000$243,000 USD

Top Skills

Machine Learning
The Company
Mountain View, CA
2,359 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives.
Waymo reaches out to candidates from official channels only (e.g. directly from @waymo.com email addresses, or through our recruiters or sourcers who are noted as such on LinkedIn). We do not contact candidates about career opportunities through instant messaging apps like Telegram, email addresses from domains other than waymo.com (such as Gmail addresses), direct messages on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or text messages. Visit waymo.com to check out our official job listings.

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