2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer

Waymo
Mountain View, California, USA / Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680), Mountain View, California, United States2026-09-16

About the job

Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you're a software engineer or researcher who's curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you.

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!

Responsibilities

Develop core simulator functionality used for evaluating internal models for safety evaluation

Design and implement metrics and evaluation infrastructure for simulated data

Qualifications

Minimum

Currently enrolled in a graduate program (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Python, SQL

Experience in model evaluation and developing metrics

Experience developing models

Preferred

Previous Internship Experience

Experience writing backend software for robotics