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2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, VLM Harnesses for AV Planning

Waymo is hiring for 2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, VLM Harnesses for AV Planning in Mountain View, CA, USA. Intern level. First seen October 20, 2026; open as of November 10, 2026. Jobs taken straight from company career pages — no aggregator in between.

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Company
Waymo
Where
Mountain View, CA, USA
Level
Intern
First seen
October 20, 2026
Listed via
Greenhouse

What the posting says

You will: Design and implement scenario preprocessors (e.g., visual rendering, scene representations, and multimodal prompting) to effectively present driving scenarios to state-of-the-art VLMs Develop postprocessors that translate VLM outputs into feasible, safe trajectories for closed-loop vehicle control Evaluate VLM driving harnesses in closed-loop autonomous driving simulation and iterate on representations based on driving metrics Communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences regarding research motivations and research findings Conduct cutting-edge research and potentially…

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