Job Description
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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.
The Waymo Mapping team's goal is to build a high resolution map of the world to support safe autonomous driving. We work on creating the map using a combination of automatic and manual techniques and build the infrastructure to store, process, and distribute the map. Our team collaborates with several other Waymo teams that consume map data.
In This Role, You Will - Build backend infrastructure for storing and processing many forms of map data
- Apply the latest machine learning technology to generate maps from raw data
- Improve our internal tools for viewing and editing maps
- Scale our systems to support mapping the whole world
You Have - B.S. in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3-5 years Machine Learning experience (preferably in Mapping)
- Hands-on machine learning experience - ideally on image recognition problems.
- Willingness to own problems end-to-end and work on various parts of the system
- A passion for good software engineering
It's a Bonus If You Have - M.S. or Ph.D in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with Tensorflow and/or C++
- Experience with large-scale data processing using frameworks like Google Data Flow or Apache Beam
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Salary Range
$204,000—$259,000 USD
Job Tags
Full time, Remote work,