2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Simulation Realism

Waymo is hiring a 2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Simulation Realism in London, United Kingdom. It pays £65k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Waymo.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
The posting mentions PyTorch, TensorFlow and JAX among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as an internship.
Waymo has 365 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Contribute to machine learning and deep learning research for simulation realism in autonomous driving.

PyTorchTensorFlowJAXPython

deep-learningmachine-learningsimulationrobotics

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.

Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you’re a software engineer or researcher who’s curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you.

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:

Contribute to existing projects
Implement research ideas into existing projects
Run training and evaluation experiments

You have:

Currently enrolled in a Master's or PhD program in Computer Science, Robotics or a related technical field
Python coding
Deep Learning experience with frameworks like TensorFlow, Jax or PyTorch

We prefer:

Attention mechanism and autoregressive architectures
Diffusion applied to multimodal data
Experience with autonomous driving and / or robotics

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 annual pay 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.

Masters Pay£65,000—£65,000 GBPPhD Pay£80,000—£80,000 GBP

How we rate this

2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Simulation Realism at Waymo rates 95 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Simulation Realism is an open job at Waymo.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is £65k a year.
The role is based in London, England, United Kingdom.
The job was posted on September 17, 2026.
Seniority: intern.
Applications are handled by Waymo. Apply on Waymo

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Deep learningMachine learningSimulationRoboticsPyTorchTensorFlowJAXPython

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where deep learning was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where machine learning was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where simulation was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where robotics was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used PyTorch in your day-to-day work.

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