Principal Software Engineer, Perception Pretraining

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company that needs a Principal Software Engineer to work on its Perception Pretraining team. The job involves developing sensor-fusion foundation models for the Waymo Driver, solving large-scale training problems, and optimizing end-to-end latency. The ideal candidate has a Master's or PhD in Computer Science, 10+ years of experience in ML model development, and 4+ years of experience with large-scale vision, video, or multi-modal foundation model development.

Requirements

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in ML model development
• 4+ years experience with large-scale vision, video, or multi-modal foundation model development and their integration in end-to-end models
• 6+ years of experience in ML-driven production systems that develops models with large-scale data, training, evaluation, and deployment
• 6+ years of experience in a technical leadership role leading technical teams and setting technical directions in large ML Engineering organizations
• 3+ years of experience with computer vision models, or LLMs, or vision language models
• Proficiency in C++, Python, and modern deep learning toolkits like PyTorch or JAX

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus program
• Equity incentive plan
• Generous Company benefits program