2026 Summer Intern, PhD, Software Engineer, Strategic Selection
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA · Pipeline (N/A)
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
Strategic Selection is responsible for the component that scores short team routing/maneuver decisions for the ADV. This team handles immediate routing decisions for self-driving cars, looking about a minute ahead.
Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!
You will:
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Coding
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Debugging
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Triaging
You have:
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Proficiency in Python or C++
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Hands on experience with deep learning frameworks
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Data mining experience
We prefer:
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Proficiency in ML frameworks
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Expertise in research domains of Deep Learning, AI architecture
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Previous Internship of ML related projects
Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.