Staff TLM, Perception, Continuous Learning & Monitoring
Job Summary
The Waymo Perception team is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to lead the design and implementation of data selection and incremental model updates for a multi-billion parameter model. This role will involve leading a team, making technical decisions, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects.
About the Role
The Waymo Perception team builds the system which learns the spatial-temporal representation and their semantic meanings of the surrounding environment of the self-driving car. This role involves working closely with downstream teams on the optimization and integration into the Waymo Driver.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of data selection and incremental model updates, for a multi-billion parameter model
- Developed and deployed methods for in-field monitoring of deployed ML models, and detect improvements or regressions after a model update, for an ML system serving millions of rides
- Contribute to the development of technical roadmaps, (defining team OKRs, developing believable plans to achieve the OKRs), and drive the roadmap execution
- Make project staffing decisions, technical decisions, drive escalations; ultimately accountable for delivering projects
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a similar discipline, or an equivalent amount of deep learning experience
- 5+ years experience in Machine Learning and/or Computer Vision
- 2+ years in managing ML engineering or research teams
- Experience with Python
- Experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or JAX
Qualifications
- MS or PhD Degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science or a similar discipline
- Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, ICML, ICRA, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI, IJCV, PAMI
- Experience with C++
- Experience with real-time system design
Benefits
Waymo offers a competitive compensation package including a salary range of $238,000—$302,000 USD, a discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program.