Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, LLM/VLM Model Architecture & Optimization

What this role involves

Waymo is hiring a Senior Staff ML Engineer to design and optimize VLM/LLM model architectures for autonomous driving perception. The role involves optimizing model performance for on-device use and collaborating with research and engineering teams. Requires 7+ years ML experience with focus on large-scale models.

Skills this posting asks for

• machine learning
• llm
• vlm
• foundation models
• low-latency inference
• hardware acceleration
• pytorch
• jax
• deep learning
• large-scale training
• data curation
• multimodal datasets
• autonomous vehicles
• perception
• motion planning
• decision-making
• top-tier conference publications

Requirements

• 7 years of experience
• Level: staff

From the employer’s posting

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve acce…