2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Conflict Behavior
Waymo · Mountain View, California
About this role
**Waymo — 2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Conflict Behavior** Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world’s most trusted driver. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation. *Waymo’s Systems Engineering team blends software and hardware systems, sets high performance standards, and designs/executes tests that validate performance.* **You will:** - Calibrate and validate physical reachability and safety-margin metrics against expert human evaluations to quantify “proactive caution” in complex scenarios - Analyze large-scale real-world and simulated driving logs to evaluate model accuracy, characterize edge cases, and optimize trade-offs - Partner cross-functionally to integrate quantitative safety signals into automated event triage and release-readiness workflows **You have:** - Currently pursuing an Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field - Proficiency in Python and/or C++ - Experience analyzing, wrangling, and visualizing large-scale datasets - Demonstrated analytical and statistical skills for validating quantitative models **We prefer:** - Familiarity with SQL - Familiarity with autonomous vehicles, robotics, crash safety analysis, or human driving behavior modeling - Experience working with rare-event modeling, anomaly detection, or highly imbalanced datasets in complex real-world domains (e.g., autonomous systems, robotics, experimental physics, crash safety, or healthcare) - Solid foundation in machine learning and statistical evaluation fundamentals **Location / Notes:** - Hybrid onsite internship position - Resumes accepted on a rolling basis until the role is filled - To be considered for multiple roles, apply to each one individually (apply to the top 3 roles you’re interested in) **Pay (expected hourly rate):** - **Hourly Masters Pay:** $70–$70 USD - **Hourly PhD Pay:** $85–$85 USD
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