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Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states. 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: As a Waymo Data Science intern, you will work on evaluating the driving quality of the Waymo Driver, with a particular focus on software reliability. This project may involve Evaluate and propose improvements to the automatic clustering algorithms for reliability issues; Improve importance sampling techniques to maximize discoveries of novel reliability issues; Build real-time monitoring of reliability issues in scaled rider-only deployments, esp. focusing on novel regression monitoring during the ramp-up periods of new release candidates. You have: Pursuing PhD in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Economics, Political Science) Fluency in Python, basic knowledge of SQL Familiarity with foundational statistical concepts (hypothesis testing frameworks, Bayesian methods) and practical ML evaluation We prefer: 3+ years of experience in data wrangling, visualization and data-driven storytelling Fluency in SQL Prior internship in 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 PhD Pay $60.10—$60.10 USD Waymo

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