Research Scientist, Map Scalability

Posted Sep 8, 2026

WaymoMountain View, CA, U.S.A ; San Francisco, CA, U.S.A ; New York City, NY, U.S.Afull-time

$213,000 USD

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Tech Stack

PythonRustTypeScript

Responsibilities

Solve fundamental and applied research problems related to world understanding using VLMs, generative modeling and 3D reconstruction at large scale
Prototype and iterate on various research ideas using Waymo's internal driving data
Scale and productionize world understanding solutions in collaboration with engineering teams across Waymo
Present research findings to a wide audience within Waymo and Alphabet

Benefits

Equity
Health Insurance
Learning Budget
Remote Work

Culture

Cross-Functional Teams

Requirements

Required: Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, or in a similar discipline

Preferred: Publications at top-tier conferences like CVPR/ICCV/ECCV/ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS/IROS/CoRL

Regions: Us

About Waymo

Industry: autonomous driving

Size: large

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver, building the Waymo Driver to improve mobility.

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Compensation

Base salary: $213,000 USD

Equity: equity incentive plan

Bonus: discretionary annual bonus

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