About the job
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Waymo Safety team works to promote and help to continuously improve the safety of Waymo’s fully autonomous driving technology. In this hybrid role, you will report to the Senior Staff Safety Researcher, Human Behavior.
Responsibilities
Be a technical leader in the area of computational road user behavior modeling
Research and develop metrics and computational models of road user cognition and behavior for use in Waymo's safety evaluation methodologies
Work closely with other Waymo teams, in particular the Simulation and AI Foundations teams, to productionize behavioral metrics/models in Waymo’s simulation infrastructure
Explore and innovate novel modeling concepts and ideas in research projects with external academic partners
Publish your work in scientific journals and conferences
Qualifications
Minimum
A doctoral degree in a field that involves a combination of computational/mathematical modeling and cognitive science/ behavioral science
At least 5 years of experience, and a strong publication record, in computational modeling of human and/or animal cognition and behavior
Strong coding and mathematical skills
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Preferred
Experience in active inference-based modeling
Experience in modern AI-based modeling (world models, learning paradigms etc.)
Experience in traffic safety research