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10 open positions

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Waymo’s Research team is a mission-driven group of industry experts focused on developing impactful machine learning solutions to address open problems in the autonomous driving space. Our research is critical to ensuring Waymo vehicles can safely operate in many cities and under all driving conditions, and often has larger applications in AI, ML, and robotics. As part of our work, we initiate and foster collaboration with other research teams in Alphabet. Check out our latest publications, and explore the Waymo Open Dataset, which we released to support cutting-edge autonomous driving research.

Behind the Innovation: AI & ML at Waymo 

We’re continuously innovating, pushing the boundaries of state-of-the-art AI research and bringing those advances into our production stack. As a member of our Research team, you’ll have the unique opportunity to work on some of the most compelling and impactful challenges in AI research, shaping the future of mobility.

Relevant Roles

2025 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Research - 4D Scene Reconstruction and Synthesis

Intern 3157 Mountain View California United States Mountain View, California, United States Research Pipeline (N/A) Intern Intern
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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™—t...

2025 Summer Intern, PhD, Research - World Modeling

Intern 3177 Mountain View California United States Mountain View, California, United States Research Pipeline (N/A) Intern Intern
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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™—t...

2025 Summer Intern, PhD, Research - MLLM / Foundation Models

Intern 3172 Mountain View California United States Mountain View, California, United States Research Pipeline (N/A) Intern Intern
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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™—t...

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