2027 Summer Intern, MS, Software Engineering, Behavior Test

Waymo · A)

Pay: $70/hr
Where: San Francisco, California, USA
Posted: Sep 3

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’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

Waymo's Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways.

What you'd do

Design and implement metrics, test plans, and simulated scenarios for testing the autonomous vehicle in off-nominal situations, such as after a fault occurs or when remote assistance is needed, across multiple platforms and in support of rapid commercialization
Create dashboards to monitor, visualize, and analyze fleet-wide autonomous vehicle fault rates on public roads
Support the Verification and Validation (V&V) of Fault Protection and Remote Assistance behaviors.
Build automated pipelines using Python and SQL to update, version, and validate test coverage across safety-critical driving scenarios.

What they want

Currently enrolled in a MS program in an engineering, computer science, or a related technical field of study
Enthusiasm to understand a complex system and its various components
Experience with data analysis/modeling using Python and SQL
Familiarity with autonomous vehicle technology and systems engineering principles.
Comfortable with ambiguous problems in a fast paced environment.