2026 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, World Modeling Evaluation

The mission of the Waymo AI Foundations team is to develop machine learning solutions addressing open problems in autonomous driving, towards the goal of safely operating Waymo vehicles in dozens of cities and under all driving conditions. As part of our work, we also initiate and foster collaborations with other research teams in Alphabet. AI Foundations areas that we are currently focusing on include reinforcement learning, learning from demonstration, generative modeling, Bayesian inference, hierarchical learning, and robust evaluation.

Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!

You will:

• Solve research problems in world modeling and reasoning in autonomous driving systems
• Prototype and iterate research ideas
• Present research findings to a wide audience within Waymo, with the goal of publishing results to the research community

You have:

• Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics, or a similar technical field of study
• Research experience in computer vision and machine learning
• Strong programming skills in Python

We prefer:

• First-authored publications from top-tier Computer Vision, graphics, or robotics conferences
• Research experience in generative models or large language models
• Hands-on experience with deep neural networks and familiarity with at least one type of deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, Jax, Tensorflow, etc.

Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.