2026 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, World Modeling Evaluation
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA
About this role
**Waymo — 2026 Summer Intern (PhD) | Research: World Modeling Evaluation** 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 supports a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. **About the team** The Waymo AI Foundations team develops machine learning solutions for open problems in autonomous driving, with the goal of safely operating Waymo vehicles in dozens of cities and under all driving conditions. Current focus areas include reinforcement learning, learning from demonstration, generative modeling, Bayesian inference, hierarchical learning, and robust evaluation. **What you will do** - Solve research problems in world modeling and reasoning in autonomous driving systems - Prototype and iterate research ideas - Present research findings to a wide audience within Waymo, with the goal of publishing results to the research community **What you have** - Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field - Research experience in computer vision and machine learning - Strong programming skills in Python **We prefer** - First-authored publications from top-tier Computer Vision, graphics, or robotics conferences - Research experience in generative models or large language models - Hands-on experience with deep neural networks and familiarity with at least one deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow) **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 transparency** - Expected hourly rate: **$85–$85 USD** (full-time position) - Interns may be eligible for Company benefits programs (subject to eligibility requirements)
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