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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Runtime & Optimization

Waymo

$226,000 - $286,000
Sep 2, 2025
Mountain View, CA, USA
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Waymo is seeking to improve the performance of its machine learning workloads on both cloud and car.

Requirements

  • M.S. in CS, EE, Deep Learning or a related field
  • 5+ years of experience developing solutions in ML systems or ML software stack (Pytorch/JAX/TF, runtime libraries, ML compiler)
  • Deep understanding of ML system architecture, performance analysis and tools
  • Strong Python or C++ programming skills
  • Familiarity with the HW architecture of ML hardware accelerators (e.g., GPU/TPU)
  • Deep knowledge of model optimization or efficient deep learning techniques for foundation models or LLM
  • Experience with GPU HW or TPU HW and related system software

Responsibilities

  • Lead the collaboration with the world-class Waymo ML scientists in perception, planner, research and simulation. Identify opportunities in both systems and models to make ML workloads faster.
  • Lead projects from proposals through execution by developing junior engineers.
  • Analyze and improve ML system workloads on both cloud and self-driving cars.
  • Apply model optimization, efficient deep learning techniques and ML software improvements to Waymo's ML systems.

Other

  • 2+ years of experience as a technical lead, including writing project plans, engaging with customer teams, mentoring, responsible for goals & execution, reporting status
  • M.S. in CS, EE, Deep Learning or a related field
  • PhD in CS, EE, Deep Learning or a related field (preferred)