Senior Data Scientist

Posted Yesterday
Mountain View, CA
192K-243K Annually
Mid level
Automotive
The Role
The Senior Data Scientist at Waymo will develop evaluation frameworks for autonomous vehicle performance, analyze historical and simulation data using statistical methods and machine learning models, solve ambiguous problems, and mentor other data scientists. They will interpret trends and investigate data anomalies to enhance the Waymo Driver's operational capabilities.
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.

Data, machine learning, and statistical models help build the Waymo Driver and in evaluating its performance. Waymo data scientists work with engineering to confirm reasoning and validation about data and models in our production systems. We develop metrics and experimental designs that capture performance aspects of our autonomous systems. Examples of areas the data science team is involved in include safety readiness evaluation, development of signals to characterize good driving, evaluation of ML models in production systems, and simulation technology (virtual driving).

In this hybrid role, you will report to the Manager of Data Science.

You will:

  • Develop evaluation frameworks for both autonomous vehicle performance and the evaluation frameworks themselves ("eval of eval").
  • Develop statistical methods and ML models to analyze historical/simulation data.
  • Frame and solve ambiguous problems and communicate the results.
  • Develop new metrics, interpret trends, and investigate anomalies in data from simulation and our rider-only service
  • Mentor other data scientists, either formally (as a tech lead) or less formally (as an individual contributor).

You have:

  • PhD in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Physics)
  • 3+ years of industry experience solving large-scale problems
  • Expertise using advanced statistical methods (e.g., ML models, hypothesis testing, causal analysis)
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Python/SQL/R data analysis libraries and packages

We prefer:

  • Experience solving problems related to Autonomous Driving
  • Experience in adjacent relevant areas like Advanced Machine Learning (Deep Learning and Diffusion models), Traffic Modeling, Safety Evaluation or Prediction
  • People leadership experience

#LI-Hybrid

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

Python
R
SQL
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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