2025 Summer Intern, PhD, Perception

2025 Summer Intern, PhD Perception, Hardware Abstraction Layer

Waymo is a self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they're going. Since our start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has been focused on building the World's Most Experienced Driver in hopes of improving the world's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. Our Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, our autonomous ride-hailing service, as well as Waymo Via, our trucking and local delivery service. To date, Waymo has driven over 20 million miles autonomously on public roads across 25 U.S. cities and conducted over 15 billion miles of simulation testing.

In this role you will work inside the HAL (hardware abstraction layer) team, which sits in that sweet spot between the purely hardware world and the purely software world: HAL directly interfaces with raw sensor measurements and inputs, as well as with the consumers of the cleaned, curated higher-level data representations.

Internship program description

Waymo interns work alongside leaders in the industry on projects that deliver significant impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: leveraging 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!

In this internship, you'll

Develop and lay the foundations for state-of-the-art visual odometry algorithms (SLAM front-end processing)Incorporate the odometry measurements into a navigation framework (SLAM back-end processing)Analyze estimation performance given requirements and tuning parameters

• Minimum Qualifications
  Research experience (practical + theoretical) with visual odometry fundamental understanding of 3D geometry,
• image processing,
• SLAMSoftware programming skills in C++

• Experience working with GPUs

• 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 (These perks will only be applicable if the internship is on site)}

• 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.

At Waymo, we don't just accept differences - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.