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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception LLM/VLM

Waymo · Mountain View, CA USA; San Francisco, CA USA;

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 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

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About this role

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer on the Perception team at Waymo, you will design and optimize large-scale continual pre-training pipelines for vision-language models. Your role involves conducting research on novel pre-training techniques, integrating diverse data streams, and evaluating model performance in the context of autonomous driving. You will also stay updated on advancements in machine learning to translate research into production-ready systems.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning, focusing on large-scale model development (LLM, VLM, or similar foundation models)
  • Proven expertise in LLM/VLM pre-training and continual learning with large scale datasets
  • Strong coding proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., Jax, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
  • Hands-on experience with model training, evaluation, and deployment in a production environment
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Nice to have

  • Experience in fine-tuning foundation models for autonomous driving or robotics applications
  • Familiarity with large-scale data curation and quality assurance processes for multimodal datasets
  • Background in autonomous vehicle perception, motion planning, or decision-making systems
  • Publications in top-tier machine learning or computer vision conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV)
  • PhD in a relevant field

What you get

  • Participation in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
  • Equity incentive plan
  • Generous Company benefits program

Worth weighing

  • Salary range provided, but actual pay depends on various factors including location and experience
  • Role involves cutting-edge research and production integration, which may require keeping up with rapid advancements in the field

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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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