2026 Summer Intern, PhD, Software Engineer, Release Evaluation

Waymo's Release Evaluation team ensures that each version of the Waymo Driver is safe before it hits the road. We build automated pipelines to solve the long tail of rare and exceptional scenarios in autonomous driving, applying importance sampling and machine learning to find a needle in a haystack.

Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying 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!

You will:

• Improve the signal quality of our evaluation workflow to detect issues in the onboard perception system
• Apply generative AI models (VLMs) to develop features providing information about offboard perception detection qualities
• Evaluate the impact of model improvements on the statistical efficiency of the pipeline

You have:

• The ability to program in C++ and navigate large codebases
• Experience with data analysis and statistical estimation

We prefer:

• Experience with C++ and large-scale distributed systems
• Experience with training and evaluating ML models (big or small!)
• Experience with computer vision or perception
• Pursuing a PhD in a quantitative field

Note: This will be a hybrid onsite 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.