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

Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA;

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Company
Waymo
Location
Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA;
Salary
$298,000 — $368,000
Posted
June 22, 2026

About this job

Design VLM/LLM model architecture and drive strong alignment between model architectures and hardware architectures. Optimize model performance for on-device use cases (memory, power, compute constrained environments). Engage directly with research, software engineering, hardware engineering, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions. You have: 7+ years of experience in Machine Learning, with a focus on large-scale model development (LLM, VLM, or similar foundation models). Proven expertise in low-latency on-device inference techniques and a deep understanding of hardware acceleration. Extensive experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, JAX) and large-scale model training.…

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