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title: "2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Data Science"
company: "Waymo"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/waymo"
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apply_url: "https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs?gh_jid=8221956"
workplace: onsite
location: "Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA"
employment_type: unspecified
seniority: internship
role: data
region: united-states
date_posted: 2026-09-22T22:02:12.000Z
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# 2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Data Science

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

Apply: https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs?gh_jid=8221956

## About Waymo

Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—makes it safe and easy for people & things to get around with autonomous vehicles. Take a ride now.

## About the role

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.

The Data Science team works on a wide variety of evaluation and modeling problems, including safety evaluation, the simulation technology, driving quality and rider experience. This role works with a variety of teams across the company to inject data science rigor and perspective, and to influence development direction in many of the critical systems in self-driving technology and fleet operations.

As a Data Science intern, you may join one of these Data Science Subteams:

- World Model Eval

- Safety Eval Tech

- Data Science Safety

- Driving Quality Data Science

- Simulation Data Science

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:**

- Analyze large-scale on-road and simulation data to build metrics, statistical models, and predictive features that quantify the Waymo Driver's safety and driving quality performance

- Develop and validate statistical / ML methodology — estimation, uncertainty quantification, sampling, and extrapolation — to use or evaluate large-scale foundation models and draw reliable conclusions about rare and critical events from limited data

- Build tools and pipelines that turn one-off analyses into repeatable workflows, partnering with engineering teams to automate data exploration, triage, and reporting

**You have:**

- Pursuing PhD in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computational Social Science)

- Proficiency in programming with Python (or R), including data manipulation, wrangling, and visualization

- Strong statistical theory foundation

**We prefer:**

- Experience in machine learning applications and complex data analysis, or familiarity with SQL and/or C/C++

- Experience in processing and interpreting high dimensional data such as images/videos

- Demonstrated research capabilities through publications and a strong understanding of statistical methodologies and foundation models

- Prior internship experience (Autonomous Driving and generative AI preferred)

###### General Perks

- Help solve challenging problems with a direct impact on the company

- Competitive compensation packages with a housing/relocation bonus (if applicable)

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- Fun intern events and networking opportunities

###### Onsite Perks

- Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks

- Free access to Google shuttles

- Onsite gym

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 hourly rate 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.Hourly PhD Pay$85—$85 USD

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