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2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Vehicle Intent and Prediction

Waymo · Mountain View, California

hybridjunior$176,800–$176,800Posted Sep 10, 2026PythonPyTorchJAXC++Neural NetworksData PipelinesMachine Learning

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**Waymo — 2027 Summer Intern (PhD), Vehicle Intent and Prediction** Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company on a mission to be the world’s most trusted driver. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and is built on extensive real-world and simulation experience. **Software Engineering** builds the brains of Waymo’s autonomous driving technology—helping the Waymo Driver perceive the world, make decisions, and deliver people safely. **You will:** - Train & evaluate a **Loss of Control** model to assess quality impact of your changes - Leverage existing learned models to derive signals on data quality - Design & implement measures of effectiveness for those signals - Develop or augment data pipelines to annotate synthetic training data with those signals **You have:** - Currently enrolled in a **PhD** program - ML coding in **Python** (e.g., JAX or PyTorch) - Strong knowledge of foundational **statistics & math** - Familiarity with **neural networks** **We prefer:** - Familiarity with **C++**, especially for data processing pipelines - Prior experience with **robotics** or **prediction** problems **Location / Notes:** - **Hybrid onsite** internship position - Resumes accepted on a **rolling basis** until the role is filled - If applying to multiple roles, apply to each one individually (please apply to the top 3 roles you’re interested in) **Pay (Hourly):** **$85–$85 USD**

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