Perception Machine Learning Engineer - Continuous Learning
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 70 days Waymo's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Waymo's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Waymo
- high 348 stale, 9 reposted of 353 open
- Hiring momentum
- 490 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Waymo's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Waymo.
About this role
As a Perception Machine Learning Engineer at Waymo, you will build intelligent systems that enhance the perception capabilities of autonomous vehicles. Your responsibilities will include designing data pipelines, deploying active learning algorithms, ensuring model quality, and optimizing data efficiency. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve model performance and tackle complex challenges in autonomous driving.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Waymo as an employer.
What you need
- A bachelor’s degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, or Computer Science
- 3+ years of professional experience in Machine Learning and/or Computer Vision
- Proven, hands-on experience applying active learning in production environments
- Strong expertise in building large-scale ML data pipelines (mining, extraction, auto-labeling, ingestion)
- Deep understanding of data curation—balancing, core set selection, and sampling—to optimize model performance
- Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch or JAX)
Nice to have
- An advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Machine Learning, Robotics, or Computer Science
- A record of publications at top-tier conferences (e.g., CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, IROS, RSS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI)
- Experience with C++
- Experience building data-centric infrastructure from the ground up to accelerate model iteration cycles
What you get
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
Worth weighing
- No specific details on the company culture or team dynamics
- Salary range provided but actual pay depends on various factors
- Role involves complex challenges which may require significant problem-solving skills
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Listed by Waymo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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