Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception
Waymo · Mountain View, California, USA
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 53 days Waymo's roles stay open a median of 82 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
- 2026-10-24
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
In this Senior Machine Learning Engineer role at Waymo, you will focus on developing and releasing learned driving policies that enhance autonomous navigation systems. Your work will involve bridging perception and planning, deploying models in simulation environments, and transitioning them into production while ensuring safety metrics are met. You will collaborate cross-functionally to translate perception outputs into actionable driving behaviors.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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
- 2–5+ years experience training and releasing ML models in autonomous driving, robotics, or complex spatial AI
- Hands-on experience working across both perception and planning stacks
- Proficiency in learned driving policies (RL / imitation learning)
- Experience with PyTorch / JAX
- Experience with closed-loop simulator evaluation
- Track record of releasing models to production
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models and World Models
- Experience using foundation models and AI tools for scenario generation, evaluation analysis, and rapid experimentation
What you get
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Generous Company benefits program
Worth weighing
- Salary range provided but actual pay depends on various factors
- Role involves complex responsibilities that may require a steep learning curve
- Focus on transitioning from rule-based to data-driven policies may indicate a shift in approach
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Listed by Waymo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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