2026 Summer Intern, MS, Perception

Machine Learning models are at the core of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our models allow the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like perception, planning and control while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you're curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you.

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:

• Work on 3D object detection and tracking
• Use Open vocabulary detection and apply to world knowledge models
• Perform 3D occupancy detection
• Understand our Semantic segmentation
• Build Large-scale foundation models
• Conduct Pre-training and self-supervised learning through forecasting

You have:

• Enrolled in a MS program in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field of study
• Hands-on experience with Python
• Experience building ML models using JAX, PyTorch, or Tensorflow.

We prefer:

• Experience with distributed systems
• Experience with large model inference or training
• Experience profiling Transformer-based models

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.