Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York City
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- Company
- Waymo
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York City
- Salary
- $204,000 — $259,000
- Posted
- August 30, 2026
About this job
In this hybrid role, you will report to a Principal Scientist. You will: Participate in Waymo’s Foundation World Model post-training and evaluation Research and develop cutting edge RL and Distillation techniques for Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory Planning Integrate emerging research from the broader AI community into Waymo’s internal RL infrastructure, conducting rigorous ablations to identify and scale the most promising methods Partner with engineering and research teams across Waymo to share recipes, techniques, and post-training best practices to accelerate our collective know-how You have: PhD or Masters in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a similar technical field; with 3+ years of industry or post-doc research experience in Reinforcement Learning or Foundation Models…
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