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# Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation

- **Company:** Waymo LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $204,000.0 - $259,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Data Systems, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Transfer Learning, Deep Learning, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/15079325?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F15079325%2FSenior-Machine-Learning-Engineer-Simulation-New-York-New-York

## About the Role

* BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Statistics, Physics, Math or another quantitative area, or equivalent work experience
 * 2+ years of experience building productionized ML models
 * Code and design skills: comfort building production systems (Python / C++)
 * Background in applied Deep Learning
 * A track record in improving model quality

We prefer:

 * 4+ years of experience building productionized ML models
 * Experience in reinforcement learning, transfer learning, or learning.
 * Experience with large scale data and models

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

## Description

The Driver Understanding and Evaluation team at Waymo develops a rich understanding of Waymo Driver's behavior. With over 1 million driverless miles per week, it is critical that Waymo can understand and assess the behavior of all its vehicles - both in the field and in simulation - with automated algorithms. The learned metrics team is a strategic bet to use machine learning to ensure we can scale to meet Waymo's goals. We collaborate across teams to bring ML to production systems and build what is Waymo's reward function. We build and operate large-scale machine learning and data systems, simulation workflows, and insight tools. We combine expert human judgements and advanced machine learning models to deliver training and evaluation data for the Waymo driver. We are looking for researchers and software engineers who are passionate about developing production grade machine learning systems for our autonomous vehicles and have an incessant drive to improve the performance of our
technology stack.

You will:

 * Report into the TLM for the Learned Metrics Team
 * Develop ML models that assess our autonomous vehicle's behavior.
 * Develop ML infrastructure to support performant models.
 * Collaborate across teams to bring state-of-the-art to production.


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