2027 Summer Intern, Machine Learning, MS/PhD, Simulation Realism (World Model)
Waymo · Mountain View, California, United States
About this role
**Waymo — 2027 Summer Intern (Machine Learning, MS/PhD) | Simulation Realism (World Model)** **About the role** Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world’s most trusted driver. Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo’s fully autonomous driving technology—helping the Waymo Driver perceive the world, make decisions, and deliver people safely. **You will:** - Implement, train, and evaluate generative models (e.g., diffusion models, flow matching, or autoregressive transformers) for video and physical world simulation. - Experiment with unified 3D/4D and spatiotemporal representations that generalize across diverse scenes, vehicle platforms, and sensor modalities. - Investigate conditioning, fine-tuning, or distillation methods to improve temporal consistency, physical realism, and inference speed for closed-loop simulation. - Partner with mentors and researchers across Waymo and frontier AI labs at Google to adapt foundation world models and translate prototypes into Waymo’s simulation pipeline. **You have:** - Currently pursuing an MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics, or a related field. - Solid background in deep learning and computer vision, with hands-on experience in modern generative modeling (e.g., diffusion models, flow matching, VAEs, or transformers). - Strong coding skills in Python and practical experience training/debugging models in PyTorch or JAX. **We prefer:** - Prior research or projects in video generation, world models, or generalized 3D/4D scene representations. - Exposure to 3D computer vision, multi-view geometry, physical/geometric priors, or multimodal sensor data (Camera, LiDAR, Radar). - Contributions to open-source projects or publications in ML/vision/robotics venues (e.g., CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICML). **Notes** - Hybrid onsite internship. - Resumes accepted on a rolling basis until the role is filled. - If applying to multiple roles, apply to each one individually (apply to the top 3 roles you’re interested in). **Compensation (expected hourly rate)** - **Hourly Masters Pay:** $70–$70 USD/hr - **Hourly PhD Pay:** $85–$85 USD/hr
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