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RL Research Scientist - Autonomous Planning & World Models

Waymo

Waymo is seeking a highly qualified researcher to join the AI Foundations team in a hybrid role reporting to a Principal Scientist. You will contribute to post-training evaluation of Waymo's World Model and advance RL and distillation techniques for autonomous vehicle trajectory planning. The role emphasizes scalable training, distributed inference, and collaboration with engineering and research teams across Waymo to share methods and accelerate progress toward safe, reliable autonomous driving. #J-18808-Ljbffr Waymo

Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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