BS/MS Systems Engineering Internship, Waymo

Summer 2026, Applied GenAI

Salary not provided

Hourly Bachelors Pay: $48.08—$48.08/Hourly Masters Pay: $50.49—$50.49 USD

SQL

Python

Git

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in Mountain View, CA

Autonomous driving technology

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Autonomous driving technology

1001+ employees

B2CTransportAutomation

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

Hourly Bachelors Pay: $48.08—$48.08/Hourly Masters Pay: $50.49—$50.49 USD

SQL

Python

Git

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in Mountain View, CA

1001+ employees

B2CTransportAutomation

Company mission

To make it simpler and safer for people to move things and themselves around.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

We're looking for talented teammates who’ll help us maintain strong teamwork and are passionate about driving results
Currently pursuing a Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, or a technical related field
Expert Prompt Engineering: Demonstrated ability to craft precise, detailed, and highly effective prompts to control LLM behavior and outputs, requiring meticulous attention to detail
GenAI Application Principles: Strong understanding of core GenAI concepts at the application layer, such as "predict next token" and "thinking budget," to inform effective prompt design (e.g., understanding why Chain of Thought works)
GenAI-Augmented Programming: Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of SQL, with a crucial skill in using GenAI tools to augment coding abilities to produce expert-level code
Software Development Fundamentals: Experience with version control systems (e.g., Cider, Git) and standard software development practices

Desirable

Understanding of Systems Engineering (SysEng) and Test Engineering principles, including test design methodologies
Experience with the Gemini API
Experience with data analysis and workflow orchestration tools such as Plx
Experience in deploying and managing automation pipelines in a production environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with engineering teams

What the job involves

Waymo's Systems Engineering team works together to blend software and hardware systems in groundbreaking new ways
We set the high performance standards that ensure our vehicles run smoothly and keep passengers safe, then design and perform the tests that validate that performance
Analyze Systems Engineering (SysEng) workflows to identify and prioritize opportunities for GenAI-driven automation
Design, develop, deploy, and maintain production-grade, end-to-end automation workflows leveraging Generative AI (GenAI)
Conduct advanced prompt engineering to create, test, and iteratively refine prompts, ensuring GenAI models perform tasks effectively and reliably
Collaborate closely with the SysEng team to gather requirements, demonstrate progress, integrate solutions, and provide support
Document the design, implementation, prompts, and maintenance procedures for the developed GenAI automation workflows
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

Our take

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company that began as the Google self-driving car project in 2009. After initial development, it secured permits to deploy autonomous ride-hailing services in cities including Phoenix and San Francisco, but has recently hit a major bump in the road with safety concerns that resulted in a recall of over 400 self-driving cars.

With the autonomous driving industry already besieged by setbacks and public distrust, this development does Waymo no favours. That said, as an industry leader there remains the possibility it will see out the storm, but massive attention will need to be given to rebuilding trust with consumers if this is to be the case.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

-1% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Aug 2024

$5.6bn

SERIES C

Jun 2021

$2.5bn

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Total funding: $11.1bn

Company HQ

Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Dmitri Dolgov

(Co-CEO, not founder)

Former CTO of the company. After a PhD at the University of Michigan, they worked as a Stanford Postdoctoral Researcher before moving to the Toyota Research Institute. They also spent 8 years at Google as a Software Engineer.

Tekedra N. Mawakana

(Co-CEO, not founder)

Has worked at Waymo since 2017, as Global Head of Policy then CXO then COO before becoming Co-CEO. They are on the Board of Advisors at Operator Collective, Board of Directors at Intuit, and an Advisor for Boom Supersonic.

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