Staff Machine Learning Engineer (TLM) (Autonomous Driving)

TL;DR

Staff Machine Learning Engineer (TLM) (Autonomous Driving): Build and operate scalable machine learning and data systems for ultra-realistic AV simulations, with an accent on evaluation and training data generation using foundation models. Focus on designing experiments, developing realism metrics, and training/evaluating large models while integrating them into the simulator and downstream products.

Location: London, England (hybrid)

Salary: £155,000—£163,000 GBP

Company

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company building the Waymo Driver for trusted, safer mobility.

What you will do

• Grow state-of-the-art ultra-realistic AV simulations using foundation models.
• Collaborate with teams in Waymo Oxford to improve simulation realism with large models.
• Design experiments that push the frontiers of AV simulation.
• Develop metrics to measure realism of simulated worlds.
• Train and evaluate large models and integrate them into the simulator and downstream applications.
• Support hiring and help research ideas transition into production.

Requirements

• 7+ years of applied deep learning experience.
• 7+ years of coding and design skills.
• Experience solving complex production problems using state-of-the-art ML techniques.
• Experience taking research to production.
• Expertise in data analysis or data science.
• 1+ years of people management experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid role reporting to an Engineering Manager.
• Opportunity to work on evaluation systems for autonomous vehicles and improve the ML/data stack.
• Eligible for discretionary annual bonus, equity incentive plan, and generous company benefits (subject to eligibility).