2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD

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2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD in USA

Waymo
Full time
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USA
09/23/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Train and fine-tune large multi-task transformer models over driving-log sequences using JAX/Flax on TPUs.
Design and run rigorous offline and end-to-end evaluations covering PR-AUC, calibration quality, metric sensitivity, and hillclimbing A/B runs.
Build datasets and training and evaluation pipelines for ML experiments.
Deliver production-quality code in a shared, high-traffic codebase using C++ and Python.
Communicate results through design documents, team deep dives, and a final intern presentation while collaborating with UEM Core, Data Science, and release-evaluation stakeholders.

Requirements

Be currently enrolled in an MS or PhD program in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field and return to the program after the internship.
Have hands-on experience training and evaluating deep learning models in JAX, PyTorch, or TensorFlow, including data pipelines, loss selection, and debugging training runs.
Have strong C++ and Python programming skills and a solid grounding in ML fundamentals, including precision/recall trade-offs, class imbalance, metric selection, and experiment design.
Preferred qualifications include published papers in top-tier AI/ML, data mining, or computer vision conferences.
Preferred experience includes transformer and sequence models, multi-task learning, transfer learning or domain adaptation, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, distributed training, TPU or GPU computing, large-scale data processing, SQL, autonomous driving, robotics, simulation, probability calibration, uncertainty quantification, importance sampling, active learning, and rare-event or imbalanced-data modeling.

Benefits

Competitive compensation packages with a housing/relocation bonus if applicable.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, subject to eligibility requirements.
Fun intern events and networking opportunities.
Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks onsite.
Free access to Google shuttles and an onsite gym.
Hybrid onsite internship position with rolling applications until the role is filled.

Salary: Competitive

Waymo

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