PhD Researcher in Autonomous Driving

3 weeks ago


Mountain View, California, United States Waymo Full time

Waymo is an innovative company that's pushing the boundaries of autonomous driving technology. We're committed to building safe and reliable self-driving cars that can improve people's lives.

We're seeking a talented **PhD Researcher in Autonomous Driving** to join our team and contribute to the development of our autonomous driving technology. As a PhD student in a quantitative field, you'll work closely with our engineers to evaluate the driving quality of our Waymo Driver, focusing on software reliability.

Job Description

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work on evaluating the driving quality of our Waymo Driver, with a particular focus on software reliability. This project may involve evaluating and proposing improvements to automatic clustering algorithms for reliability issues, improving importance sampling techniques to maximize discoveries of novel reliability issues, and building real-time monitoring of reliability issues in scaled rider-only deployments.

Requirements
  • Pursuing PhD in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Economics, Political Science);
  • Fluency in Python, basic knowledge of SQL;
  • Familiarity with foundational statistical concepts and practical ML evaluation.

**Salary**: The expected hourly rate for this position is $60.10 USD.



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