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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # 2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Data Science - **Company:** Waymo LLC - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Internship - **Salary:** $176,800.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Data Analysis, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Simulation, Computer Programming, Data Transformation, Data Warehousing, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, SQL Databases, Data Processing, Large Language Models, Information Technology, Build Tools - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18412869?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18412869%2F2027-Summer-Intern-Phd-Data-Science-California-San-Francisco ## About the Role * 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) ## Description 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 ## Related Videos - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1146-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) - [Finding the unknown unknowns: intelligent data collection for autonomous driving development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/519-finding-the-unknown-unknowns-intelligent-data-collection-for-autonomous-driving-development) - [Building a framework-independent component library](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1679-building-a-framework-independent-component-library) - [How to develop an autonomous car end-to-end: Robotic Drive and the mobility revolution](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/22-how-to-develop-an-autonomous-car-end-to-end-robotic-drive-and-the-mobility-revolution) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Steps to Get a Software Engineer Internship](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/160-steps-to-get-a-software-engineer-internship) - [The Fastest-Growing Tech Sectors to Look Out for in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/373-the-fastest-growing-tech-sectors-to-look-out-for-in-2025) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production)