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    Waymo

    Information Technology & Services

    2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Product Data Science

    San Francisco, United StatesOn-SiteInternship$70 / hourPosted 1w ago
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    Job description

    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 access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

    Waymo’s Product Data Science team works cross-functionally with Engineering, Product and Operations to help the company make the most informed decisions using data. Our team collaborates on high-impact projects across the company — from driving quality and operational efficiency to market analysis and rider satisfaction scores — we help to safely and efficiently scale the Waymo Driver. We are data-driven, curious, open-minded, and adapt quickly to new information.

    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!

    You will:

    • Improve causal, predictive pricing models through additional feature granularity, properly regularized
    • Improve pricing models through enhanced time series estimation
    • Improve the quantification of loss resulting from pricing model mispredictions

    You have:

    • Currently enrolled in a PhD program
    • Causal inference and/or econometrics expertise
    • Predictive modeling experience
    • Experience in Python and SQL

    We prefer:

    • Working with Causal Machine Learning approaches (e.g. Double Machine Learning)
    • Previous experience at ride-hailing or marketplace companies

    Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.

    The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
    Hourly Masters Pay
    $70—$70 USD
    The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
    Hourly PhD Pay
    $85—$85 USD

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    About the company

    Waymo

    Waymo is a California-based automotive technology company that develops and markets autonomous driving vehicles for residential and commercial sectors.

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    Industry
    Information Technology & Services
    Founded
    2009
    Open roles
    353

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